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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 2911 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Student Support and Academic Enrichment Grant program |
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| 6 | 6 | | to promote career awareness in accounting as part of a well-rounded |
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| 7 | 7 | | STEM educational experience. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | APRIL14, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mrs. K |
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| 11 | 11 | | IM(for herself and Ms. STEVENS) introduced the following bill; which |
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| 12 | 12 | | was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To amend the Student Support and Academic Enrichment |
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| 15 | 15 | | Grant program to promote career awareness in account- |
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| 16 | 16 | | ing as part of a well-rounded STEM educational experi- |
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| 17 | 17 | | ence. |
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| 18 | 18 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 19 | 19 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Accounting STEM 4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | Pursuit Act of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 26 | 26 | | SEC. 2. ACCOUNTING AS PART OF A WELL-ROUNDED EDU-1 |
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| 27 | 27 | | CATIONAL EXPERIENCE. 2 |
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| 28 | 28 | | Subpart 1 of part A of title IV of the Elementary 3 |
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| 29 | 29 | | and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7111 4 |
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| 30 | 30 | | et seq.) is amended— 5 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (1) in section 4104(b)(3)(A)(i)— 6 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (A) in subclause (VI), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 7 |
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| 33 | 33 | | the end; 8 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (B) by redesignating subclause (VII) as 9 |
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| 35 | 35 | | subclause (VIII); and 10 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (C) by inserting after subclause (VI) the 11 |
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| 37 | 37 | | following new subclause: 12 |
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| 38 | 38 | | ‘‘(VII) accounting education, in-13 |
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| 39 | 39 | | cluding accounting career awareness; 14 |
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| 40 | 40 | | or’’; and 15 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (2) in section 4107(a)(3)— 16 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (A) in subparagraph (I), by striking ‘‘or’’ 17 |
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| 43 | 43 | | at the end; 18 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (B) by redesignating subparagraph (J) as 19 |
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| 45 | 45 | | subparagraph (K); and 20 |
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| 46 | 46 | | (C) by inserting after subparagraph (I) the 21 |
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| 47 | 47 | | following new subparagraph: 22 |
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| 48 | 48 | | ‘‘(J) activities to promote the development, 23 |
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| 49 | 49 | | implementation, and strengthening of programs 24 |
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| 50 | 50 | | to teach accounting, including increasing access 25 |
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| 51 | 51 | | to high-quality accounting courses for students 26 |
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| 55 | 55 | | through grade 12 who are members of groups 1 |
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| 56 | 56 | | underrepresented in accounting careers; or’’. 2 |
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