H.R.6263: Fulfilling the Potential of Women in Academic Science and Engineering Act of 2008

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Bill Summary

Fulfilling the Potential of Women in Academic Science and Engineering Act of 2008 - Requires the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy to develop a policy for federal science agencies to carry out a program of workshops that educate specified federally funded researchers about methods that minimize the effects of gender bias in evaluation, including of federal research grants, for hiring, tenure, and promotion, and for...

(Source: Library of Congress)

Bill Actions

Date Description
Referred to the Committee on Science and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to House Science and Technology
Referred to House Education and Labor
June 12, 2008

Introduced in the House by Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas)

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