Bill > HR3293

Introduced Session

Scientific Research in the National Interest Act (Sec. 2) This bill directs the National Science Foundation (NSF) to award federal funding for basic research and education in the sciences through a new research grant or cooperative agreement only if it makes an affirmative determination, justified in writing, that the grant or agreement promotes the progress of science in the United States, is worthy of federal funding, and meets certain other criteria. The bill declares that such a determination shall be made after a research grant or cooperative agreement proposal has first satisfied the NSF's reviews for Merit and Broader Impacts.

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Lamar Smith (R)*,  Ralph Abraham (R),  Brian Babin (R),  Jim Bridenstine (R),  Mo Brooks (R),  Barbara Comstock (R),  Alan Grayson (D),  Jeb Hensarling (R),  Bill Johnson (R),  Stephen Knight (R),  Daniel Lipinski (D),  Barry Loudermilk (R),  Frank Lucas (R),  John Moolenaar (R),  Randy Neugebauer (R),  Dan Newhouse (R),  Gary Palmer (R),  Bill Posey (R),  Dana Rohrabacher (R),  David Rouzer (R),  F. James Sensenbrenner (R),  Randy Weber (R),  Bruce Westerman (R), 

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (on 02/11/2016)

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