NSF & Congress
Major Legislation - 109th Congress

First Session - 2005

P.L. 109-108 (PDF)
NSF Section of the Science, State, Justice, Commerce and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2006

H.Rept.109-272 (PDF)
NSF Section of Conference Report 109-272; Making Appropriations for Science, The Department of State, Justice, Commerce, and Related Agencies, FY 2006

H.Rept.109-118 (PDF)
NSF Section of the House Appropriations Committee Report accompanying H.R.2862, the Science, State, Justice, Commerce, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006

H.R. 2862 (PDF)
NSF Section of Science, State, Justice, Commerce, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006

NSF Section of S.Rept.109-88 (PDF)
NSF Section of the Senate Appropriations Committee Report on the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill, 2006

NSF AUTHORIZATION

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OTHER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING LEGISLATION

H.R.3
Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users

H.R.6
Energy Policy Act of 2005

S.14
Fair Wage, Competition, and Investment Act of 2005

H.R.28
High-Performance Computing Revitalization Act of 2005

H.R.27
Workforce Investment Act Amendments of 2005

S.39
National Ocean Exploration Program Act

S.50
Tsunami Preparedness Act

H.Con.Res.95 / S.Con.Res.18
Sets congressional budget for Federal Government for FY 2006, including appropriate budgetary levels for FYs 2005 and 2007 through 2010

H.R.144
Rural America Digital Accessibility Act

H.R.222
Human Cloning Research Prohibition Act

H.R.242
Surface Transportation Research and Development Act of 2005

H.R.243
To authorize appropriations to the Department of Transportation for surface transportation research and development, and for other purposes

H.R.250
Manufacturing Technology Competitiveness Act of 2005

S.342
Climate Stewardship Act of 2005

S.364
Ocean and Coastal Mapping Integration Act

H.R.396
Early Warning And Rapid Notification Act of 2005

S.432
Minority Serving Institution Digital and Wireless Technology Opportunity Act of 2005

S.517
Weather Modification Research and Technology Transfer Authorization Act of 2005

S.628
Health Promotion FIRST Act

H.R.758
To establish an interagency aerospace revitalization task force to develop a national strategy for aerospace workforce recruitment, training, and cultivation.

H.R.759
Climate Stewardship Act of 2005

S.767
National Food and Agricultural Science Act of 2005

S.770
National Aquatic Invasive Species Act of 2005

S.879
Arctic Research and Policy Amendments Act of 2005

S.1020
COMPETE Act of 2005

S.1151
Climate Stewardship and Innovation Act of 2005

H.R.1215
Green Chemistry Research and Development Act of 2005

S.1270
Green Chemistry Research and Development Act of 2005

H.R.1479
Rural Access to Broadband Service Act

H.R.1563
National Food and Agricultural Science Act of 2005

H.R.1592
Aquatic Invasive Species Research Act

H.R.1674
United States Tsunami Warning and Education Act

S.2109
National Innovation Act of 2005

S.2198
Protecting America's Competitive Edge Through Education and Research Act of 2006 (PACE-Education Act)

H.R.2325
To direct the National Science Foundation to establish a competitive grant program for institutions of higher education to enhance education and job training opportunities in mathematics, science, engineering, and technology.

S.2357
Right TRACK Act

S.2390
National Innovation Act of 2006

S.2695
The Federal Research Public Access Act of 2006

S.2802
A bill to improve American innovation and competitiveness in the global economy

H.R.2939
Oceans Conservation, Education, and National Strategy for the 21st Century Act

H.R.3109
Cybersecurity Education Enhancement Act of 2005

H.R.3331
To provide funding to enable institutions of higher education to establish a grant program to bridge the gap between laboratory discovery and commercially viable research.

S.3483
National Innovation Education Act - College Pathway Act of 2006

S.3502
New National Defense Education Act of 2006

S.3510
Amends the NSF Authorization Act of 2002 to authorize grants for Partnerships for Access to Laboratory Science (PALS).

H.R.4434
10,000 Teachers, 10 Million Minds Science and Math Scholarship Act

H.R.4596
Sowing the Seeds Through Science and Engineering Research Act

H.R.4906
Twenty-first Century Innovation Act of 2006

H.R.5106
To amend the National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 to authorize grants for Partnerships for Access to Laboratory Science

H.R.5141
Accelerating the Creation of Teachers of Influence for Our Nation Act

H.R.5142
National Science Foundation Scholars Program Act

H.R.5356
Research for Competitiveness Act

H.R.5358
Science and Mathematics Education for Competitiveness Act

H.R.5458
To provide for the National Science Foundation to make grants for the establishment of summer science and mathematics camps for middle school and high school students.

H.R.5477
Innovations for our Nation's Vital Educational Needs for Technology Act

H.R.5605
10,000 Trained by 2010 Act

H.R.5644
Green Energy Education Act of 2006

H.R.5656
Energy Research, Development, Demonstration and Commercial Application Act of 2006

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