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Previous "Updates" – 107th Congress
2002
President Signs H.R. 4664, NSF Reauthorization Act
December 19, 2002
On Thursday, December 19, the President signed in to law H.R. 4664, a five-year reauthorization bill for the National Science Foundation. Although this act does not provide funds for NSF, it does provide the authority to obligate funds for specified activities. The act includes portions of legislation previously enacted by the House that authorize the Math and Science Partnership and the Science and Engineering and Technology Talent Expansion Act. Full Update
House Appropriations Committee Approves FY03 VA-HUD
Appropriations Bill October 16, 2002
The House Appropriations Committee approved the subcommittee
version of the FY 03 NSF budget without change today
providing the agency with a 12.8 percent increase,
or $614 million, over last year. The Research and Related Activities account is increased
by 15.3 percent, or $551 million, which would put
it on course for doubling in five-years. Full Update
Senate
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Reports
Out NSF Authorization Bill
September 12, 2002
On Thursday, September 5, 2002, the Senate Health, Education,
Labor, and Pensions Committee reported out S. 2817, "The
National Science Foundation Doubling Act." The bill provides
for a doubling of the NSF authorization levels over the
next five fiscal years, from $4.8 billion in FY 2002 to
$9.8 billion in FY 2007. Full
Update
Senate Appropriations
Committee Approves FY 2003 NSF Budget
July 25, 2002
The Senate Appropriations Committee approved the subcommittee
version of the FY 03 NSF budget without change today providing
the agency with an 11.78 percent increase over last year.
In extensive report
language the committee outlined plans for a number
of significant changes for the agency in the coming year.
Among the most noteworthy is an increase in the Graduate
Fellowship stipend to $30,000 per year. This is above
the $25,000 requested level, which was itself an increase
over the current $21,500 level. Full
Update
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." Full
Update
House Science Committee
Holds Hearing on President's Budget Request for Research
and Development
February 13, 2002
On February 13, the House Science Committee held a hearing
to examine the President's budget request for research
and development. Testifying at the hearing were: Dr. Jack
Marburger, Director of the Office of Science and Technology
Policy; Dr. Rita Colwell, Director of the National Science
Foundation; Dr. Samuel Bodman, Deputy Secretary of the
Department of Commerce; and Dr. Bruce Carnes, Chief Financial
Officer of the Department of Energy. Full
Update
2001
Summary of NSF Appropriation
for FY 02
November 27, 2001
On November 26, the President signed into law the VA-HUD
and Independent Agencies appropriations bill (H.R. 2620)
for the 2002 fiscal year, which includes funding for the
National Science Foundation. Overall, NSF funding increased
by $372.5 million to $4.789 billion. This represents an
8.4 percent increase over the previous year. Full
Update
NSF Senate Appropriations
Mark-up
July 19, 2001
The Senate VA-HUD and Independent Agencies Appropriations
subcommittee marked up the FY 02 appropriations bill Thursday
morning, to be followed by a full committee mark-up in
the afternoon. Noting that their subcommittee allocation
prevented them from providing the $600 million that they
felt was needed to keep NSF on a doubling track, Senators
Mikulski and Bond provided the agency with a 5.6% increase
over last year's budget. Full
Update
NSF Budget Goes to Congress
April 9, 2001
Today President Bush's FY 02 budget proposal, including
a $4.47 billion request for NSF, was delivered to Congress.
The FY 02 NSF request is a 1.3 percent increase over last
year's figure. A breakdown of budget categories shows
an 11% increase in education and human resources and 6
to 8 percent increases for salaries and expenses and the
Inspector General, respectively. These increases are buffered
by a 20.6 percent reduction in major research equipment
(MRE) and a slight decrease (0.5 percent) in research-related
activities, which at $3.43 billion constitute nearly three
quarters of the NSF budget. Full
Update
House Science Committee
Organizes
February 16, 2001
Chairman Sherry Boehlert (R-NY) and Ranking Democrat Ralph
M. Hall (D-TX) announced this week that the House Science
Committee has named the following as subcommittees chairs
and ranking minority members for the 107th Congress. Full
Update
Committee Chair Named
January 12, 2001
Rep. Sherry Boehlert, (R-NY) has been named Chairman of
the House Committee on Science. Rep. Boehlert has been
a member of the Committee on Science since first coming
to Congress in 1981. Full
Update
See Also: Information From
Previous Congresses
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