INSPIRES Act has not moved since its introduction on Aug 6, 2026, with one cosponsor, a Democrat
IntroducedAug 6, 2026
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What it changes · CRS summary
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 77 words.
Inspiring New STEM Professionals by Investing in Renovation of Education Spaces Act or the INSPIRES Act This bill directs the Department of Education to establish grant programs (1) for the modernization, renovation, or repair of career- and technical-education facilities; and (2) to enable secondary schools that are located in rural areas or that serve Native American students to improve facilities that provide science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education and to support high-speed internet in STEM facilities.
Context
- Committees
- Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
- Policy area
- Education: 22 of 3,602 bills became law, 113th–118th (0.6%)
- Sponsor
- 5 of 345 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 1: introduced in senate · 3,562 words
- Latest action
- Aug 6, 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Exhibit 1Passage odds band at each stage, rated when the bill reached it [4]
Related bills · 1
Each bill appears once, under its strongest link. 1 in all.
Related, per CRS or House · 1
- 118th S. 2167 INSPIRES Act D · Introduced
Exhibit 2Articles naming the bill per day, last 90 days, US sources [3]