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Code · BILL · 116th Congress · S. 3704 (Introduced in Senate) — To amend the Scientific and Advanced-Technology Act of 1992 to further support advanced technological manufacturing,... · Sec. 3

Sec. 3. Advanced scientific and technical manufacturing

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Section 2 of the Scientific and Advanced-Technology Act of 1992 ( 42 U.S.C. 1862h ) is amended— in subsection (a)— in paragraph (3), by striking science, mathematics, and technology and inserting science, technology, engineering, and mathematics or STEM ; in paragraph (4), by striking trained and inserting educated ; and in paragraph (5), by striking scientific and technical education and training and inserting STEM education and training ; and in subsection (b)— in paragraph (2), by striking mathematics and science and inserting STEM fields ; and in paragraph (4), by striking mathematics and science instruction and inserting STEM instruction .
Section 3 of the Scientific and Advanced-Technology Act of 1992 ( 42 U.S.C. 1862i ) is amended— in the section heading, by striking and inserting Scientific and technical education ; STEM education in subsection (a)— in the subsection heading, by striking and inserting scientific and technical education ; STEM education in the matter preceding paragraph (1)— by striking core education courses in science and mathematics and inserting core education courses in STEM fields ; and by inserting veterans and individuals engaged in before work in the home ; in paragraph (1)— by inserting and study after development ; and by striking core science and mathematics courses and inserting core STEM courses ; in paragraph (2), by striking science, mathematics, and advanced-technology fields and inserting STEM and advanced-technology fields ; in paragraph (3)— in subparagraph (A), by inserting to support the advanced-technology industries that drive the competitiveness of the United States in the global economy before the semicolon at the end; and by striking subparagraph
(B)and inserting the following: provide for private sector donations, faculty opportunities to have short-term assignments with industry, equipment loans, and the cooperative use of laboratories, plants, and other facilities, and provision for state-of-the-art work experience opportunities for students enrolled in such programs; and ; in paragraph (4), by striking scientific and advanced-technology fields and inserting STEM and advanced-technology fields ; and in paragraph (5), by striking advanced scientific and technical education and inserting advanced STEM and advanced-technology ; in subsection (b)— by striking the subsection heading and inserting the following: ; Centers of scientific and technical education .— in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking not to exceed 10 in number and inserting in advanced-technology fields ; in paragraph (2), by striking education in mathematics and science and inserting STEM education ; and in the flush matter following paragraph (2), by striking in the geographic region served by the center ; in subsection (c)— in paragraph (1)— in subparagraph (A)— by striking the matter preceding clause
(i)and inserting the following: The Director shall make grants to eligible partnerships to encourage the development of career and educational pathways with multiple entry and exit points leading to credentials and degrees, and to assist students pursuing pathways in STEM fields to transition from associate-degree-granting colleges to bachelor-degree-granting institutions, through such means as— ; in clause (i), by striking to ensure and inserting to develop articulation agreements that ensure ; and in clause (ii), by striking courses at the bachelor-degree-granting institution and inserting the career and educational pathways supported by the articulation agreements ; in subparagraph (B)— in clause (i), by inserting veterans and individuals engaged in before work in the home ; in clause (iii)— by striking bachelor's-degree-granting institutions and inserting institutions or work sites ; and by inserting or industry internships after summer programs ; and by striking the flush text following clause (iv); and by striking subparagraph (C); in paragraph (2)— by striking mathematics and science and inserting STEM ; by striking mathematics and science education and inserting STEM education ; by striking science and advanced-technology fields and inserting STEM and advanced-technology fields ; and by striking agreements with local educational agencies and inserting articulation agreements or dual credit courses with local secondary schools ; and by striking paragraph
(3)and inserting the following: The Director shall establish a program to encourage and make grants available to institutions of higher education that award associate degrees to recruit and train individuals from STEM fields to mentor students who are described in section 33 or 34 of the Science and Engineering Equal Opportunities Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1885a or 1885b) in order to assist those students in identifying, qualifying for, and entering higher-paying technical jobs in those fields. ; in subsection (g), by striking the second sentence; in subsection (i)— by striking paragraph (3); and by redesignating paragraphs
(4)and
(5)as paragraphs
(3)and (4), respectively; and in subsection (j)— by striking paragraph
(1)and inserting the following: the term advanced-technology includes technological fields such as advanced manufacturing, agricultural-, biological- and chemical-technologies, energy and environmental technologies, engineering technologies, information technologies, micro- and nano-technologies, cybersecurity technologies, geo­spa­tial technologies, and new, emerging technology areas; ; by striking paragraph
(2)and inserting the following: the term associate-degree-granting college means an institution of higher education (as defined in section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1002 )) that offers a 2-year associate-degree program or 2-year certificate program; ; in paragraph (3), by striking as determined under section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 and inserting as defined in section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( ; 20 U.S.C. 1002 ) in paragraph (4), by striking separate bachelor-degree-granting institutions and inserting other entities ; by striking paragraph (7); by redesignating paragraphs
(8)and
(9)as paragraphs
(7)and (8), respectively; and in paragraph (8), as redesignated by subparagraph (F)— by striking mathematics, science, engineering, or technology and inserting science, technology, engineering, or mathematics ; and by inserting and cybersecurity after computer science .
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Sec. 3
Advanced scientific and technical manufacturing
U.S.C.§ 1862h
U.S.C.§ 1862i
U.S.C.§ 1885a
U.S.C.§ 1002
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