,i  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ccgd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #af1 #bjbc,ms4  
,kuster 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,bowman1 ,ms4
 ,sewell1 ,ms4 ,ross1 ,mr4 ,grijalva1   
,ms4 ,velzquez1 ,ms4 ,tokuda1 ,mr4      
,landsman1 ,mr4 ,tonko1 ,ms4 ,del,bene1 
,ms4 ,wasserman ,schultz1 ,ms4 ,snchez1 
,mr4 ,soto1 ,mrs4 ,watson ,coleman1 ,mr4
 ,gottheimer1 ,ms4 ,bonamici1 ,mr4      
,trone1 ,ms4 ,clarke of ,new ,york1 ,ms4
 ,titus1 ,ms4 ,brown1 ,ms4 ,caraveo1    
,ms4 ,moore of ,wisconsin1 ,mr4 ,nadler1
 ,mr4 ,de,saulnier1 ,ms4 ,jayapal1 ,mr4 
,mullin1 and ,mrs4 ,hayes7 introduced   
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,education and the 
,workforce  ,a ,,bill  ,to direct the   
,secretary of ,health and ,human        
,services to carry out a grant program  
for early childhood ,,steam activities4 
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,early ,,steam ,achievement     
,act4  #b4 ,grant program  7a7 ,program 
authorized ,from the amounts            

appropriated to carry out this ,act1 the
 ,secretary of ,health and ,human       
,services shall award grants1 on a      
competitive basis1 to eligible entities 
to assist such entities in carrying out 
early childhood ,,steam programs and    
activities4  7b7 ,requirements for      
awarding grants ,in awarding grants     
under this ,act1 the ,secretary shall-- 
7#a7 give priority to eligible entities 
that seek to use such grant to carry out
 the activities described in subsection 
7d77#c72  7#b7 award not less than      
one-third of the funds appropriated for 
a fiscal year under subsection 7e7 to   
eligible entities in rural communities2 
and  7#c7 award not less than           
one-quarter of the funds appropriated   
for a fiscal year under subsection 7e7  
to eligible entities that are nonprofit 
organizations4  7c7 ,application ,an    
eligible entity desiring to receive a   
grant under this section shall submit an
 application to the ,secretary at such  
time1 in such manner1 and containing    

such information as the ,secretary may  
request4  7d7 ,uses of funds ,an        
eligible entity that receives a grant   
under this section shall use the grant  
to carry out at least one of the        
following3 7#a7 ,professional           
development relating to early childhood 
,,steam activities for teachers of early
 childhood education programs4  7#b7    
,materials and equipment necessary to   
carry out such early childhood ,,steam  
activities4  7#c7 ,establishing         
partnerships between the eligible entity
 and an institution of higher education 
to provide training in early childhood  
,,steam activities for teachers of early
 childhood education programs4  7#d7    
,establishing partnerships between the  
eligible entity and an arts agency1 a   
community arts partner1 or a museum to  
provide training in early childhood     
,,steam activities for teachers of early
 childhood education programs4  7#e7    
,the provision of professional          
development programs for teachers of    

early childhood education program by    
institutions of higher education4  7e7  
,authorization of appropriations ,there 
are authorized to be appropriated such  
sums as may necessary to carry out this 
,act for each of fiscal years #bjbd     
through #bjbh4  7f7 ,definitions ,in    
this ,act3 7#a7 ,nonprofit organization 
,the term nonprofit organization means  
an organization described in section    
#eja7;c77#c7 of the ,internal ,revenue  
,code of #aihf and exempt from taxation 
under section #eja7;a7 of such ,code4   
7#b7 ,early childhood education program 
,the term early childhood education     
program has the meaning given the term  
in section #ajc7h7 of the ,higher       
,education ,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 
#ajjc71 except that such term includes  
programs described in paragraph         
7#h77;,c7 of such section #ajc that     
serve children from birth through age   
eight4  7#c7 ,eligible entity ,the term 
eligible entity means an early childhood
 education program4  7#d7 ,institution  

of higher education ,the term           
institution of higher education has the 
meaning given the term in section #aja  
of the ,higher ,education ,act of #aife 
7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ajja74  7#e7 ,,steam    
,the term ,,steam means science         
7including computer science71           
technology1 engineering1 art1 and       
mathematics4