MAKERS Act
Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.
Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, MAKERS Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers. The main policy domain is Education, Science & Space, Environment.
Who Benefits and How
schools, students, and education providers may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, schools, students, and education providers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section H3B15AC3E2E8B4907BB87F2E8FE0730B7: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Making Advances Kinetic Education, Research, and Skills Act or the MAKERS Act.
- Section HB146D2723A464DBF95284A05A43768AE: 2. Findings Congress finds the following: Maker communities can be found in both rural and urban communities throughout the Nation. Making has been shown to...
- Section H4BBA2897BC2C45E6B07EC6982B7BA842: 3. Purpose The purpose of this Act is to encourage the formation and study of makerspaces to— engage populations within community colleges and community...
- Section H7164756F50E148DA82135B754BF12E88: 4. Definitions In this Act, the following definitions apply: The term “historically Black college or university” has the meaning given the term “part B...
- Section H1F29093F2B894A7BB9CAF9A1FA2FCB90: 5. Grant program for research and capacity building of makerspaces The Director of the National Science Foundation shall award grants on a competitive basis to...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, MAKERS Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers.
Key Policy Areas
Education, Science & Space, Environment
Primary Purpose
This bill, MAKERS Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- schools, students, and education providers
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- federal implementing agencies
- schools, students, and education providers
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. David Scott of Georgia (for himself, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. …
Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
Introduced in House
Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "federal_implementing_agencies"
- → Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
the subjects of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. The term workforce development component means— an economic development board or corporation, including a State board or local workforce board
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