America Competes Reauthorization Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4159
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30]
Introduced: 2014-03-06 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advanced technology and technological innovations
Advisory bodies
Alternative and renewable resources
Atmospheric science and weather
Biological and life sciences
Census and government statistics
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Department of Commerce
Education programs funding
Electric power generation and transmission
Elementary and secondary education
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy research
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Intellectual property
Licensing and registrations
Manufacturing
Materials
Minority employment
National Science Foundation
Nuclear power
Performance measurement
Public-private cooperation
Radiation
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Science and engineering education
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Small business
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Technology transfer and commercialization
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2014-03-06
text: 
America Competes Reauthorization Act of 2014 - Establishes, revises, and extends specified science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) programs, as well as education, research, and training programs. 
 
Authorizes appropriations for FY2015-FY2019 for: (1) the National Science Foundation (NSF), (2) the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and (3) the Department of Energy (DOE) for activities of the Office of Science. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2014-06-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2014-03-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
action_date: 2014-03-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2014-03-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2014-03-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2014-03-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-03-06
text: Introduced in House