Opening Statements

Ranking Member Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX)

Amendments

Manager’s Amendment to H.R. 1806 Offered by Mr. Smith (TX) - passed by voice vote

Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute to H.R. 1806 Offered by Ms. Johnson (TX) - failed (18-16)

Amendment to H.R. 1806 Offered by Mr. Takano (CA) - failed (18-16)

Amendment to H.R. 1806 Offered by Mr. Beyer (VA) - failed (18-16)

Amendment to H.R. 1806 Offered by Ms. Clark (MA) - failed (18-16)

Amendment to H.R. 1806 Offered by Mr. Foster (IL) - failed (19-15)

Amendment to H.R. 1806 Offered by Mr. Beyer (VA) - withdrawn

Amendment to H.R. 1806 Offered by Ms. Johnson (TX) - failed by voice vote

Amendment to H.R. 1806 Offered by Mr. Brooks (AL) - passed by voice vote

Amendment to H.R. 1806 Offered by Ms. Bonamici (OR) - failed (19-16)

Amendment to H.R. 1806 Offered by Ms. Johnson (TX) - failed (19-16)

Amendment to H.R. 1806 Offered by Ms. Edwards (MD) - withdrawn

Amendment to H.R. 1806 Offered by Ms. Edwards (MD) - failed by voice vote

Amendment to H.R. 1806 Offered by Ms. Edwards (MD) - failed by voice vote

Amendment to H.R. 1806 Offered by Mr. Lipinski (IL) - withdrawn

Amendment to H.R. 1806 Offered by Ms. Esty (CT) and Ms. Bonamici (OR) - failed by voice vote

Amendment to H.R. 1806 Offered by Mr. Veasey (TX) - failed (19-16)

Amendment to H.R. 1806 Offered by Mr. Beyer (VA) - failed (18-15)

Amendment to H.R. 1806 Offered by Mr. Grayson (FL) - passed by voice vote

Amendment to H.R. 1806 Offered by Mr. Beyer (VA) - failed (18-15)

Amendment to H.R. 1806 Offered by Mr. Grayson (FL) - passed by voice vote

Amendment to H.R. 1806 Offered by Mr. Swalwell (CA) - failed by voice vote

Amendment to H.R. 1806 Offered by Mr. Lipinski (IL) - passed by voice vote

Amendment to H.R. 1806 Offered by Mr. Perlmutter (CO) - failed by voice vote

Amendment to H.R. 1806 Offered by Ms. Bonamici (OR) - failed (19-16)

Amendment to H.R. 1806 Offered by Mr. Tonko (NY) - failed (19-16)

Amendment to H.R. 1806 Offered by Mr. Tonko (NY) - failed (19-16)

Amendment to H.R. 1806 Offered by Mr. Veasey (TX) and Mr. Bera (CA) - failed (19-16)

Amendment to H.R. 1806 Offered by Mr. Takano (CA) - failed (19-16)

Amendment to H.R. 1806 Offered by Mr. Swalwell (CA) - failed (19-16)

Amendment to H.R. 1806 Offered by Mr. Hultgren (IL) - withdrawn

H.R.1806, the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2015

Letters in Opposition

Below are letters and statements from organizations detailing opposition to and concerns with H.R. 1806, the America COMPETES Reauthorization of 2015:

• Letter from Department of Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz
• Letter from the Alliance to Save Energy
• Letter from the American Academy of Political and Social Science
• Letter from the American Anthropological Association
• Letter from the American Association for the Advancement of Science
• Letter from the American Educational Research Association
• Letter from the American Institute of Architects
• Letter from the American Institute of Biological Sciences
• Letter from the American Institute of Physics, American Association of Physics Teachers, AVS: Science & Technology of Materials, Interfaces, and Processing, The Optical Society
• Letter from the American Meteorological Society
• Statement from the American Physical Society

• Letter from the American Political Science Association
• Statement from the American Psychological Association
• Letter from the American Society for Microbiology
• Letter from the American Sociological Association
• Statement from the Association of American Universities
• Letter from the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies
• Statement from the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities
• Letter from the Biophysical Society
• Letter from the Business Council for Sustainable Energy
• Letter from the Coalition for National Science Funding
• Letter from the Computing Research Association
• Letter from the Consortium of Social Science Associations (floor)
• Statement from the Consortium of Social Science Associations (markup)
• Letter from the Consortium for Ocean Leadership, Iris Consortium, National Association of Marine Laboratories, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
• Letter from the Council of Undergraduate Research
• Letter from the Ecological Society of America
• Letter from the Environment and Energy Study Institute and the Center for Small Business and the Environment
• Letter from the Energy Sciences Coalition
• Letter from the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
• Statement from the Federation of Associations in Behavioral and Brain Sciences
• Letter from environmental organizations
• Letter from geoscience organizations
• Letter from IEEE-USA
• Letter from the Law and Society Association
• Letter from the Learning and Education Academic Research Network
• Letter from Nobel Laureates
• Letter from The Ohio State University
• Letter from the Pew Charitable Trusts
• Statement from the Population Association of America and the Association of Population Centers
• Letter from Princeton University
• Letter from Research!America
• Statement from the STEM Education Coalition
• Letter from the Taskforce on American Innovation
• Letter from the Truman National Security Project - Operation Free
• Letter from the Union of Concerned Scientists
• Letter from the University of Colorado at Boulder
• Letter from the University of Michigan, Wayne State University, and Michigan State University
• Letter from the University of Wisconsin-Madison