,,ii  #aadth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cdie  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,december #e1  
#bjaf,mr4 ,daines 7for himself and ,mr4 
,tester7 introduced the following bill2 
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,agriculture1 ,nutrition1
 and ,forestry  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the
 ,food1 ,agriculture1 ,conservation1 and
 ,trade ,act of #aiij to designate      
certain research and extension grants to
 increase participation by women and    
underrepresented minorities in the      
fields of science1 technology1          
engineering1 and mathematics as         
,jeannette ,rankin ,women and           
,minorities in ,,stem ,fields ,grants4  
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the #ajj ,years of ,women in        
,congress ,act4  #b4 ,findings ,congress
 finds the following3  7#a7 ,the first  
woman elected to ,congress1             
,representative ,jeannette ,rankin from 
the ,state of ,montana1 was elected on  
,november #g1 #aiaf1 almost #d years    

before the ratification of the #aith    
,amendment to the ,constitution of the  
,united ,states1 which gave women the   
right to vote4  7#b7 ,jeannette ,rankin 
was not only a pioneer in national      
electoral politics1 she was also a      
pioneer as a woman in science1          
graduating from the ,university of      
,montana in #aijb with a ,bachelor of   
,science degree in biology4  7#c7 7,a7  
#ajj years after the election of        
,jeannette ,rankin1 #ajh women serve in 
the #aadth ,congress1 more than at any  
other time in the history of the ,united
 ,states4  7,b7 ,while that             
accomplishment is commendable1 women    
hold only #bj percent of the seats in   
,congress1 far below the relative share 
of women in the electorate of the       
,united ,states4  7#d7 ,according to the
 ,bureau of ,labor ,statistics-- 7,a7   
women make up #dg percent of the total  
workforce of the ,united ,states2 and   
7,b7 gains have been made for women in  
the science1 technology1 engineering1   

and mathematics 7referred to in this    
section as ,,stem7 fields over time1 but
 women still comprise only--  7i7 #ci   
percent of chemists and material        
scientists2  7ii7 #bh percent of        
environmental scientists and            
geoscientists2  7iii7 #af percent of    
chemical engineers2 and  7iv7 #ab       
percent of civil engineers4  7#e7 ,more 
must be done to encourage women to run  
for elected office and to enter the     
,,stem fields4  #c4 ,jeannette ,rankin  
,women and ,minorities in ,,stem ,fields
 ,grants ,section #afgb7;d77#g7 of the  
,food1 ,agriculture1 ,conservation1 and 
,trade ,act of #aiij 7#g ,u4,s4,c4      
#eibe7;d77#g77 is amended--  7#a7 by    
striking the paragraph heading and      
inserting ,jeannette ,rankin ,women and 
,minorities in ,,stem ,fields ,grants2  
7#b7 by striking ,research and inserting
 the following3  7,a7 ,in general       
,research  2 and  7#c7 by adding at the 
end the following3  7,b7 ,designation   
,any grant made under subparagraph 7,a7 

shall be known as a ,jeannette ,rankin  
,women and ,minorities in ,,stem ,fields
 ,grant4  4