HR812-119

In Committee

MAKERS Act

119th Congress Introduced Jan 28, 2025

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:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers.

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

Education Science & Space Environment

Whole bill

Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • schools, students, and education providers
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Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • federal implementing agencies
  • schools, students, and education providers
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Jan 28, 2025

Mr. David Scott of Georgia (for himself, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. …

Jan 28, 2025

Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.

Jan 28, 2025

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?

Domains
Education Science & Space Environment
Actor Mappings
"federal_implementing_agencies"
→ Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

1 term
"STEM" §H7164756F50E148DA82135B754BF12E88

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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