Recent Activity
Second Session (2002)
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Yesterday, the House of Representatives rejected an amendment, offered by Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-CA), to provide information about the impacts of plant biotechnology on the environment. The amendment was defeated 259-165, with Republican Members voting 216-1 in opposition to the amendment.
The House of Representatives today passed a bill 397-25 that would authorize the first three years of a five-year doubling of the budget of the National Science Foundation. Democratic Members supported the bill by a margin of 201-3.
The House of Representatives today passed the Cyber Security Research and Development Act by a vote of 400-12. The bill (H.R.
Committee Staff Analysis of the FY03 R&D Budget: "Mostly Business-as-Usual but Watch Those Metrics!"
The House Science Committee Democratic staff today released its analysis of the President's FY2003 budget request for R&D programs. Defense R&D increases 8%, the National Institutes of Health increases 17%, and all other civilian R&D is collectively frozen.
U.S. Rep. Brian Baird (WA) of the Science Committee introduced legislation on Friday, November 16th, to secure the nation's information infrastructure.
Today, the Science Committee adopted H.R. 1858, the National Mathematics and Science Partnerships Act of 2001. Rep.