# 119-hr-3124: Women and Underrepresented Minorities in STEM Booster Act of 2025

119-hr-3124, Women and Underrepresented Minorities in STEM Booster Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Strickland, Marilyn [D-WA-10] (D-WA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-3124
- Congress: 119
- Title: Women and Underrepresented Minorities in STEM Booster Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-04-30
- Sponsor: Rep. Strickland, Marilyn [D-WA-10] (D-WA)
- Cosponsors: 17
- Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Would expand NSF competitive grants to boost participation of women, underrepresented minorities, and people with disabilities in STEM.** It would authorize grants for mentoring, internships, outreach, online workshops, and faculty recruitment to increase enrollment and retention across education and industry. - Students and early-career researchers: Grants would fund K–12 outreach, undergraduate and graduate internships, and mentoring to increase exposure and support degree completion and short-term retention. - Colleges and universities: Eligible institutions could receive competitive funds to recruit and retain underrepresented faculty and to run online training and student support programs. - Underrepresented groups and workers: The bill names groups covered, including women, racial and ethnic minorities, LGBTQ and gender-nonconforming people, and persons with disabilities, and targets programs to raise their representation in STEM. *Would authorize $15 million per year for fiscal years 2026 through 2030, totaling $75 million in authorized funding.*

## Cosponsors (17)

- Rep. Brown, Shontel M. [D-OH-11] (D-OH), 2025-04-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Case, Ed [D-HI-1] (D-HI), 2025-04-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2025-04-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jackson, Jonathan L. [D-IL-1] (D-IL), 2025-04-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3] (D-OH), 2025-04-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] (D-TN), 2025-04-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McIver, LaMonica [D-NJ-10] (D-NJ), 2025-04-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2] (D-CA), 2025-04-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4] (D-GA), 2025-04-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Whitesides, George [D-CA-27] (D-CA), 2025-04-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Stansbury, Melanie A. [D-NM-1] (D-NM), 2025-04-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tokuda, Jill N. [D-HI-2] (D-HI), 2025-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28] (D-CA), 2025-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5] (D-CT), 2025-06-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Evans, Dwight [D-PA-3] (D-PA), 2025-08-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Escobar, Veronica [D-TX-16] (D-TX), 2025-09-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sykes, Emilia Strong [D-OH-13] (D-OH), 2025-09-18T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Grants for women and underrepresented in STEM: benefit, low. If enacted, the National Science Foundation would award competitive grants to colleges, schools, and nonprofits to grow STEM diversity. Grants could support mentoring, internships, online workshops, K–12 outreach, and hiring and keeping underrepresented faculty. The bill would define who can be ser…

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- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-20: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025
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## Sources
- [119-hr-3124 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3124)

## Related
- [119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9877)
- [119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7977)
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-20: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-20)
- [119-hr-5390: FAMILY Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5390)
- [119-hr-4206: CONNECT for Health Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4206)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3124 (as of 2026-04-21).