ENROLLED
2021 Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 74
BY REPRESENTATIVE WILLARD
A RESOLUTION
To establish and recognize the Louisiana Science, Technology, Engineering, and
Mathematics (STEM) Innovation Caucus of the House of Representatives and to
provide relative to the caucus.
WHEREAS, biosciences are responsible for the creation of jobs for over eleven
thousand five hundred Louisiana residents with an average individual salary of eighty-one
thousand seven hundred five dollars per year; and
WHEREAS, Louisiana is home to many academic institutions which collectively
attract more than one hundred sixty-two million dollars of National Institutes of Health
funding; and
WHEREAS, Louisiana is a leader in engineering, biomedical innovation, energy, and
many other STEM sectors; and
WHEREAS, the establishment of the Louisiana Science, Technology, Engineering,
and Mathematics Innovation Caucus, hereafter referred to as the STEM Innovation Caucus,
will enable members of the House of Representatives who are passionate about STEM
innovation and growth in Louisiana to develop, coordinate, facilitate, and speak with a
unified voice for legislative policy supporting STEM research and entrepreneurialism in
Louisiana.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
Legislature of Louisiana does hereby establish and recognize the Louisiana Science,
Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Innovation Caucus.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that every member of the House of Representatives
who has an interest in STEM innovation and policy development may be a member of the
STEM Innovation Caucus.
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the STEM Innovation Caucus of the House of
Representatives shall not be provided any funding, office space, equipment, or staff by the
House of Representatives or any agency thereof.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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