- Karen Paczkowski, GSA Science Policy Fellow
On July 30th the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee passed The Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2015 by a bipartisan vote of 18-4. The bill, sponsored by Senators Murkowski (R-AK) and Cantwell (D-WA), is the first large-scale update to U.S. energy policy in nearly a decade. As the...
On July 16th the Senate passed the “Every Child Achieves Act” (S. 1177) which reauthorizes the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), by a bipartisan vote of 81-17. The ESEA sets the vision for elementary and secondary education in the country . The bill’s most recent reauthorization,...
On June 25th, the House Science, Space, and Technology Subcommittee on Oversight and Subcommittee on Research and Technology held a joint hearing to examine the NSF rotating staff program. The hearing, entitled “ Is NSF Properly Managing Its Rotating Staff? ”, was held to examine NSF’s use of...
On May 1st the House passed the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Bill (H.R. 2028) , which funds the Department of Energy (DOE) for fiscal year 2016, along an almost party-line vote of 240-177. The bill appropriates $5.1 billion to the DOE Office of Science, an increase of $32.3...
On June 16 th the House Appropriations Committees passed the Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act , which funds the United States Geological Survey (USGS) for fiscal year 2016. Two days later the Senate Appropriations Committee passed its version of the bill ....
On April 23 rd the House Committee on Energy & Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power held a hearing on the 21 st Century Workforce bill, a bipartisan effort to establish a comprehensive energy and manufacturing workforce program. The development of new technologies, expansion of...
” - Karen Paczkowski, GSA Science Policy Fellow
On March 26th Senator Murkowski (R-AK), the Chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, introduced S. 883, the American Mineral Security Act of 2015 “to prevent future mineral supply shocks and boost the competitiveness of our energy, defense, electronics, medical, and...
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