# 114-hr-3570: STEM Education Opportunity Act

114-hr-3570, STEM Education Opportunity Act, is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Hanna, Richard L. [R-NY-22] (R-NY); status Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-3570
- Congress: 114
- Title: STEM Education Opportunity Act
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- Introduced: 2015-09-18
- Sponsor: Rep. Hanna, Richard L. [R-NY-22] (R-NY)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Taxation
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

STEM Education Opportunity Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow: (1) individual taxpayers a deduction from gross income for STEM (i.e., science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) higher education expenses; and (2) a business-related tax credit for contributions of STEM property (e.g., computer equipment and software, microscopes, and lab equipment), services, and training made to an elementary or secondary school to promote education in the biological sciences, mathematics, earth and physical sciences, computer and information science, engineering, geosciences, and social and behavioral sciences. The bill defines "STEM higher education expenses" to include any expenses incurred by an individual attending an institution of higher education who is majoring in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics. The Government Accountability Office must submit to Congress a report detailing: (1) the efficacy of this Act in increasing higher education enrollment in the fields of mathematics, science, engineering, and technology; and (2) any effect this Act has had on the price of higher education tuition in such fields.

## Cosponsors (1)

- STEVE ISRAEL (D-NY), 2015-09-18T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [114-hr-3570 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/3570)

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