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This bill aims to address the issue of sexual harassment in the scientific, technical, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workforce. The key provisions of the bill include: 1. Providing research grants to better understand the factors contributing to and consequences of sexual and gender harassment in the STEM workforce, and to examine interventions to reduce such harassment. 2. Directing the National Science Foundation Director to convene a working group to develop national data collection on the prevalence, nature, and implications of sexual and gender harassment in institutions of higher education. 3. Requiring the National Academies to update their report on responsible conduct in research to include updated standards of conduct, treatment, and methods for identifying and addressing sexual and gender harassment. 4. Establishing an interagency working group to coordinate federal science agency efforts to reduce the prevalence of sexual and gender harassment involving grant personnel, including developing policy guidelines for agencies and monitoring their implementation. 5. Authorizing $17.5 million in appropriations to the National Science Foundation Director to carry out the provisions of the bill.

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https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/2695/all-info