House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Improving Mentorship in STEM Higher Education Act
Official title: To amend the Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation Act to direct the Director of the National Science Foundation to carry out a mentorship demonstration program, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Jennifer McClellan D-VAWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 8, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 8, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9177.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. McCLELLAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 96, June 8, 2026, Page H3992):Clause 3 Section 8 of article I of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 8, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 52 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9177, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9177
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
5 cosponsors — 5 Democrats
0 of 5 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Shomari Figures (D-AL), Valerie Foushee (D-NC), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Deborah Ross (D-NC), Paul Tonko (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
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- H.Res. 955 (119th) Recognizing the importance of a continued commitment to ending pediatric HIV/AIDS worldwide.
- H.R. 5965 (119th) Student Veteran Work Study Modernization Act
Related bills
- H.R. 9134 (118th) Improving Mentorship in STEM Higher Education ActCross-Congress related bill
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.