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National Science Foundation Doubling Act

1/16/2023, 5:32 AM

Congressional Summary of S 2817

National Science Foundation Doubling Act - Authorizes appropriations to the National Science Foundation (NSF) for FY 2003 through 2007, with specific allocations for: (1) research and related activities; (2) education and human resources; (3) major research equipment and facilities construction; (4) salaries and expenses; and (5) the Office of Inspector General.

Requires the NSF Director (Director), using such authorized amounts, to continue specified initiatives concerning: (1) information technology research involving cybersecurity, terascale computing systems, software, networking, scalability, communications, and data management; (2) nanoscale science and engineering; (3) plant genome research; (4) science and technology innovation partnerships; (5) mathematics and science education partnerships; (6) the Robert C. Noyce scholarship program; (7) the science, mathematics, engineering, and technology talent expansion program; (8) the secondary school systemic initiative; (9) the experimental program to stimulate competitive research; and (10) the program to advance the goals of the Science and Engineering Equal Opportunities Act.

Requires the: (1) Director to assess and report to specified congressional committees on the major research instrumentation program; and (2) Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy to assess and report to such committees on a program to establish university-based centers for interdisciplinary research and advanced instrumentation development.

Requires the Director to: (1) develop and submit to the National Science Board a priority list of proposed major research equipment and facilities construction projects; (2) update the list; and (3) prepare a plan for the proposed construction of, and repair and upgrades to, national research facilities.

Provides for the confidentiality of information supplied to the NSF or its contractor by an individual or academic institution.

Current Status of Bill S 2817

Bill S 2817 is currently in the status of Bill Introduced since July 29, 2002. Bill S 2817 was introduced during Congress 107 and was introduced to the Senate on July 29, 2002.  Bill S 2817's most recent activity was Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 734. as of October 16, 2002

Bipartisan Support of Bill S 2817

Total Number of Sponsors
1
Democrat Sponsors
1
Republican Sponsors
0
Unaffiliated Sponsors
0
Total Number of Cosponsors
3
Democrat Cosponsors
2
Republican Cosponsors
1
Unaffiliated Cosponsors
0

Policy Area and Potential Impact of Bill S 2817

Primary Policy Focus

Science, Technology, Communications

Potential Impact Areas

- Academic performance
- Authorization
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Class size
- Commerce
- Communication in science
- Computer networks
- Computer security measures
- Computer software
- Computer-assisted instruction
- Computers in education
- Confidential communications
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Construction costs
- Continuing education
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Curricula
- Curriculum evaluation
- Curriculum planning
- Disabled
- Distance education
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Education of disabled students
- Education of disadvantaged children
- Education of the disadvantaged
- Educational accountability
- Educational research
- Electronics
- Electrooptics
- Elementary and secondary education
- Employment of the disabled
- Engineering
- Engineers
- Environmental Protection
- Environmental research
- Families
- Federal aid to education
- Federal aid to higher education
- Federal aid to research
- Federal-local relations
- Federal-state relations
- Fines (Penalties)
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Freedom of information
- Government Operations and Politics
- Health
- Higher education
- Housing and Community Development
- Information technology
- Infrastructure
- Inspectors general
- International Affairs
- International competitiveness
- International cooperation in science
- Labor and Employment
- Laboratories
- Law
- Learning
- Licenses
- Manufacturing industries
- Materials research
- Mathematics
- Mentoring
- Minorities
- Minority education
- Minority employment
- Nanotechnology
- National Science Foundation
- Plant breeding
- Plant genetics
- Public meetings of administrative bodies
- Public-private partnerships
- Research and development
- Research and development facilities
- Research centers
- Research grants
- Right of privacy
- Rural education
- Scholarships
- Scientific education
- Scientific exchanges
- Scientific instruments and apparatus
- Scientists
- Secondary education
- Social Welfare
- Statistics
- Surveys
- Teacher education
- Teacher salaries
- Teacher supply and demand
- Teachers
- Teaching
- Teaching materials
- Technical education
- Technological innovations
- Urban affairs
- Urban education
- Women
- Women engineers
- Women scientists
- Women's education

Alternate Title(s) of Bill S 2817

National Science Foundation Doubling Act
A bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007 for the National Science Foundation, and for other purposes.
National Science Foundation Doubling Act
National Science Foundation Doubling Act

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