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House vote: H.R. 3588 // July 26, 2022Needed two-thirds to pass

Mathematical and Statistical Modeling Education Act

Sponsor: Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA)

This bill requires the National Science Foundation (NSF) to take certain actions to increase mathematical and statistical modeling education in public elementary and secondary schools. First, the NSF must provide competitive grants to institutions of higher education and nonprofit organizations for research and development to support high-quality mathematical modeling education (e.g., data science and computational thinking) in schools. In addition, the NSF must seek to enter into an agreement with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to study and report on mathematical and statistical modeling education in schools.

Education Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

Who won, and how much of the country was behind them

Won the vote · Yea

318 votes, representing 190,070,189 people73.0%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

91 votes, representing 55,037,716 people21.1%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 5.9% of U.S. adults whose member did not vote, voted “present,” or whose seat was vacant.

Share of U.S. adults represented, the House
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon31873.0%
NayLost9121.1%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken05.9%