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                     116TH CONGRESS                                           REPORT
                        2d Session      HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES              116-397







                                      RURAL STEM EDUCATION ACT



                     FEBRUARY 13, 2020.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
                                        of the Union and ordered to be printed



                     Ms. JOHNSON of Texas, from the Committee on Science, Space, and
                                     Technology, submitted the following


                                               REPORT

                                             [To accompany H.R. 4979]

                               [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]

                       The Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, to whom was
                     referred the bill (H.R. 4979) to direct the Director of the National
                     Science Foundation to support STEM education and workforce de-
                     velopment research focused on rural areas, and for other purposes,
                     having considered the same, reports favorably thereon with an
                     amendment and recommends that the bill as amended do pass.

                                                   CONTENTS
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                         I. A m en dm en t  ...............................................................................................  2
                         II.  P u rpose  of  th e  B ill  .....................................................................................  7
                         III. Background  and  Need  for the  Legislation  ............................................... .  7
                         IV .  Com m ittee  H earings  .................................................................................  8
                         V. Committee Consideration  and  Votes  .........................................................  8
                         VI. Summary of M ajor Provisions of the Bill .................................................  8
                       VII. Section-By-Section Analysis (By Title and Section) ................................  9
                       V III.  C om m ittee  V iew s  ........................................................................................  10
                       IX . C ost  E stim ate  ............................................................................................. .  11
                       X. Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate  .............................................  11
                       XI. Compliance with Public Law 104-4 (Unfunded Mandates) ..................... 14
                       XII. Committee Oversight Findings and Recommendations ...........................  14
                       XIII. Statement on General Performance Goals and Objectives ...................... 14
                       XIV. Federal Advisory  Committee  Statement  ...................................................  14
                       XV. Duplication  of Federal Program s  ...............................................................  14
                       XV I.  E arm ark  Identification  ..............................................................................  14
                       XVII. Applicability  to  the  Legislative  Branch  .....................................................  14
                     XVIII. Statement on Preemption of State, Local, or Tribal Law ........................ 15
                     XIX. Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, As Reported .......................  15
                       XX. Proceedings of Full Committee M  arkup  ....................................................  28


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