# 119-hr-9177: Improving Mentorship in STEM Higher Education Act

119-hr-9177, Improving Mentorship in STEM Higher Education Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. McClellan, Jennifer L. [D-VA-4] (D-VA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-30).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-9177
- Congress: 119
- Title: Improving Mentorship in STEM Higher Education Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-06-08
- Sponsor: Rep. McClellan, Jennifer L. [D-VA-4] (D-VA)
- Cosponsors: 6
- Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-10-30

## Summary

**Improve mentorship in STEM higher education.** This bill would create a National Science Foundation demonstration program to fund projects that train faculty, graduate researchers, and postdoctoral researchers in mentoring skills, cultural competence, evidence-based mentorship, and outreach. - Faculty, graduate students, and postdocs would receive training and resources to build mentoring skills, research better mentoring methods, and get cultural competency instruction. - Minority-serving institutions, historically Black colleges and universities, Tribal Colleges or Universities, rural-serving and emerging research institutions, and consortia would get special consideration for competitive awards. - The National Science Foundation must report to Congress within 5 years on program effectiveness and, if effective, propose a plan to sustain the program, and the bill authorizes $5.0 million for FY2027 through FY2031. - Institutions and agencies would be required to have reporting processes for harassment, discrimination, and other forms of professional or scientific misconduct. *If enacted and appropriated, this would authorize $5.0 million total for FY2027–2031, increasing federal outlays by that amount.*

## Cosponsors (6)

- Rep. Strickland, Marilyn [D-WA-10] (D-WA), 2026-10-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20] (D-NY), 2026-06-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Foushee, Valerie P. [D-NC-4] (D-NC), 2026-06-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2026-06-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ross, Deborah K. [D-NC-2] (D-NC), 2026-06-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Figures, Shomari [D-AL-2] (D-AL), 2026-07-20T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- More STEM mentorship grants for colleges: benefit, low. If enacted, the National Science Foundation Director would be able to award competitive grants to colleges, nonprofits, and consortia to improve mentoring. Grants would fund mentor training, evidence-based and institutionalized mentoring programs, research on mentoring methods, cultural-competency…
- New misconduct reporting steps for research: benefit, low. If enacted, institutions and federal research agencies would need to set up reporting processes for harassment, discrimination, and other professional or scientific misconduct. The bill would amend section 7009 of the America COMPETES Act to add this reporting-process requirement and would redesign…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026
- 119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act
- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-5361: George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2025
- 119-hr-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act
- 119-hr-20: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-9177 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9177)

## 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-5361: George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5361)
- [119-hr-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-51)
- [119-hr-20: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-20)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9177 (as of 2026-10-30).