America Creating Opportunities to Meaningfully Promote Excellence in Technology, Education, and Science Reauthorization Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2757
Sponsor: Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV]
Introduced: 2014-07-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advanced technology and technological innovations
Advisory bodies
Atmospheric science and weather
Child care and development
Congressional oversight
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Department of Commerce
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Executive agency funding and structure
Firearms and explosives
Government information and archives
Higher education
Manufacturing
Medical research
Minority education
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
National Science Foundation
Performance measurement
Product safety and quality
Public-private cooperation
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Science and engineering education
Small business
Space flight and exploration
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Technology transfer and commercialization
Women's education

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: 
America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2014 or America Creating Opportunities to Meaningfully Promote Excellence in Technology, Education, and Science Reauthorization Act of 2014 - Establishes, revises, and extends specified science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) programs, as well as education, research, and training programs. 
 
Amends the America Competes Reauthorization Act of 2010 to revise requirements for updating the five-year STEM education strategic plan and require the Office of Science and Technology Policy to convene a subcommittee on research productivity.
 
 Amends the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 to revise requirements for prize competitions to stimulate innovation. 
 
Establishes requirements for educational and outreach activities of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology. 
 
Reauthorizes specified National Institute of Standards and Technology programs and amends the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act to modify the Manufacturing Extension Partnership. 
 
Reauthorizes specified National Science Foundation (NSF) programs and establishes requirements for grants and educational programs. Establishes grants and requirements for specified activities to promote STEM education and teacher training. 
 
Requires the NSF to encourage the development of the Innovation Corps and other training programs that focus on graduate student professional development. Establishes grants for traineeship programs. 
 
Requires the National Science Board to assess metrics for evaluating science and engineering comprehension in grades K-12. 
 
Requires the Department of Education (DOE) to award grants for STEM secondary schools. 
 
Reauthorizes the Department of Commerce's Regional Innovation Program and permits loan guarantees for science park infrastructure. 
 
National Nanotechnology Initiative Amendments Act of 2014 - Amends the 21st Century Nanotechnology Research and Development Act to revise requirements for management and review of the National Nanotechnology Initiative. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Introduced in Senate