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Bill to Get More Veterans Into STEM Fields Headed to House Floor
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U.S. Rep. Neal Dunn's, R-Fla., proposal to usher more veterans into the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields is gaining steam on Capitol Hill.
Dunn's "Supporting Veterans in STEM Careers Act," introduced last week, would make the U.S. National Science Foundation "develop a veterans outreach plan and publish data on veterans' participation in its annual 'Indicators' report." Dunn's legislation also reforms several NSF scholarship and grants to help more veterans. The bill also would have the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy research strategies that will increase the number of veterans working in the STEM fields.
"This bill . . . will bring highly trained service members into innovative STEM fields, and help keep America's economy on the cutting edge," Dunn says.
Dunn's bill now heads to the full House. So far, there is no companion bill in the Senate.
From Sunshine State News
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