House Science and Technology Committee’s Report on COMPETES Legislation

American Institute of Physics (Jones) - Reports indicate that House Science and Technology Committee Chairman Bart Gordon (D-TN) will bring the America COMPETES Reauthorization Bill back to the House floor. Two earlier attempts to secure passage of the bill were unsuccessful.

Accompanying H.R. 5116 is a 1,233 page report from the Science Committee with the text of the bill, material related to the committee and subcommittee’s activities, dissenting views, and an expansive statement about the provisions of the 222-page bill. The explanatory statement is important reading as it provides the committee’s views regarding the programs of the Department of Energy’s Office of Science, the National Science Foundation, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

House Report 111-478 may be viewed here. This FYI may be used by readers to locate some of the sections of the report language...