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NSF Congressional Highlight
National Science Foundation Reauthorization Legislation Moving in Congress
May 30, 2002
 On
May 22, 2002, the House Committee on Science approved
the "Investing in America's Future Act," H.R. 4664, by voice vote. The bill is described by
the Committee as legislation "to place the National
Science Foundation (NSF) on a track to double the agency's
budget in five years [and] to bolster undergraduate
science, math and engineering education." The bill
authorizes a 15% increase for NSF's budget for each
of the next three years.
Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee to
Hold Hearing on NSF Reauthorization
The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions has scheduled
for June 19, 2002, a hearing on legislation to reauthorize the National
Science Foundation and on ways to strengthen science research, development,
and education in the 21st Century. The hearing will be held in Room 430
of the Dirksen Senate Office Building at 2:30 pm. NSF Director Rita Colwell
will testify as will other witnesses.
NSF APPROPRIATIONS BILL AWAITS HOUSE SUBCOMMITTEE ACTION
The House and Senate Veterans Administration, Housing and Urban Development,
and Independent Agencies Subcommittees have held their annual hearings
on the National Science Foundation budget request. Although the congressional
budget resolution for fiscal 2003 has not yet been adopted, the House
subcommittee may proceed under provisional 302(b) allocations. Early
indications are that the allocation for the VA, HUD, and Independent
Agencies Subcommittee will be very tight and that that bill will be among
the last on which the House will act. No subcommittee markup sessions
are presently scheduled.
Summaries of Hearings on the NSF Fiscal 2003 Budget Request:
- Hearing Summary: Senate
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Hearing on the National Science Foundation Fiscal
2002 Budget, June 19, 2002
- Hearing Summary: Senate Commerce
Committee's Subcommittee on Science, Technology,
and Space on the National Science Foundation Fiscal
2003 Budget, May 22, 2002
- Hearing Summary: Senate VA,
HUD, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee
on the National Science Foundation Fiscal 2003
Budget, May 15, 2002
- Hearing Summary: House Appropriations
Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies
on National Science Foundation Fiscal 2003 Budget
Request, April 11, 2002
- Hearing Summary: House Research
Subcommittee Hearing on the NSF Budget: How Should
We Determine Future Levels?, March 13, 2002
- Hearing Summary: House Science Committee
on President's Budget Request for Research and
Development, February 13, 2002
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