Hearing Information
Amendment Deadline
Monday, February 8, 2016 - 3:00pm View Announcement »
Meeting Information
Tuesday, February 9, 2016 - 5:00pm in H-313 The Capitol View Announcement »
Monday, February 8, 2016 - 3:00pm View Announcement »
Tuesday, February 9, 2016 - 5:00pm in H-313 The Capitol View Announcement »
COMMITTEE ACTION:
REPORTED BY VOICE VOTE of 8-3 on Tuesday, February 9, 2016.
FLOOR ACTION ON H. RES. 609:
Adopted by record vote of 236-178, after agreeing to the previous question by record vote of 237-180, on Wednesday, February 10, 2016.
MANAGERS:Sessions/McGovern
1. Structured rule for H.R. 3442.
2. Provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Ways and Means.
3. Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill.
4. Provides that the bill shall be considered as read.
5. Waives all points of order against provisions in the bill.
6. Makes in order only those amendments printed in part A of the Rules Committee report. Each such amendment may be offered only in the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question.
7. Waives all points of order against the amendments printed in part A of the report.
8. Provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions.
9. Structured rule for H.R. 3293.
10. Provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
11. Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill.
12. Provides that the bill shall be considered as read.
13. Waives all points of order against provisions in the bill.
14. Makes in order only those amendments printed in part B of the Rules Committee report. Each such amendment may be offered only in the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question.
15. Waives all points of order against the amendments printed in part B of the report.
16. Provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions.
# | Version # | Sponsor(s) | Party | Summary | Status |
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19 | Version 1 | Adams (NC) | Democrat | Identifies child hunger as an area of national interest for NSF. | Submitted |
10 | Version 1 | Beyer (VA), Van Hollen (MD) | Democrat | Affirms that increased understanding of climate change, including its casual forces, impacts, mitigation, adaptation, and prevention, is in the national interest of the United States. | Submitted |
11 | Version 1 | Beyer (VA), Van Hollen (MD) | Democrat | Affirms that increased understanding of the manners in which human activity may generate environmental impacts is in the national interest of the United States. | Submitted |
12 | Version 1 | Beyer (VA), Connolly (VA), Tonko (NY), Cartwright (PA), Lowenthal (CA), Polis (CO), Peters, Scott (CA), Van Hollen (MD), Israel (NY) | Democrat | Affirms that increased understanding of the complex scientific and technical issues of the Anthropocene era is in the national interest of the United States. | Submitted |
13 | Version 1 | Beyer (VA), Kildee (MI) | Democrat | Affirms that increased understanding of the role of drinking water management practices in reducing lead levels in the Nation's drinking water supplies is in the national interest of the United States. | Submitted |
30 | Version 1 | Boyle (PA) | Democrat | Late Expands the “national interest” categories to include, increased understanding of the causes and prevention of gun violence. | Submitted |
1 | Version 1 | DelBene (WA) | Democrat | Stipulates that research is in the national interest if it has the potential to achieve increased understanding of climate change and development of solutions to address its adverse effects in the U.S. | Submitted |
2 | Version 1 | DelBene (WA) | Democrat | Clarifies that language in the bill allowing research to be funded for the development of an American STEM workforce also includes computer science and information technology sectors. | Made In Order |
3 | Version 1 | DelBene (WA) | Democrat | Clarifies that the bill does not impact grant funding that has already been awarded by the National Science Foundation. | Made In Order |
18 | Version 1 | DeSaulnier (CA) | Democrat | Includes "income inequality and wage discrimination" as in the national interest for purposes of justifying standards for awarding grants. | Submitted |
20 | Version 1 | Edwards (MD), Swalwell (CA) | Democrat | Late Includes increasing the understanding of the causes and prevention of gun violence in the list of topics considered to be in the national interest. | Submitted |
23 | Version 1 | Edwards (MD) | Democrat | Late Includes the increase of participation by underrepresented groups, such as young women and minorities, in studying the STEM fields in the list of topics considered to be in the national interest. | Submitted |
24 | Version 1 | Esty (CT) | Democrat | Late Includes “increased understanding of the causes and prevention of opioid and heroin addiction” to the list demonstrating national interest. | Submitted |
25 | Version 1 | Esty (CT) | Democrat | Late Includes “increased diversity in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields, concentrating on women and minorities in STEM” to the list demonstrating national interest. | Submitted |
5 | Version 1 | Jackson Lee (TX) | Democrat | Replaces the phrase "basic research" with "applied research." | Made In Order |
6 | Version 1 | Jackson Lee (TX) | Democrat | Establishes a new objective of the research which would ensure that the research conducted is consistent with established and widely accepted scientific methods applicable to the field of study of exploration. | Made In Order |
7 | Version 1 | Jackson Lee (TX) | Democrat | Establishes a new objective of the research that would ensure that the research conducted is consistent with the definition of basic research as it applies to the purpose and field of study. | Made In Order |
8 | Version 1 | Jackson Lee (TX) | Democrat | Directs the NSF in public announcements that would include information on grant awards made to or includes a partnership with under-served institutions, including Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Hispanic Serving Institutions, Native American Colleges, Rural Colleges, or post-secondary schools where 40% or more of the enrollment are students who are from the groups identified in the amendment. | Submitted |
4 | Version 1 | Johnson, Eddie Bernice (TX) | Democrat | Replaces subsection 2(b), “Determination”, to ensure that such determination is consistent with the mission of the agency and with the existing merit-review criteria. | Made In Order |
9 | Version 1 | Kilmer (WA) | Democrat | Exempts any grants or cooperative agreements for basic research and science education that could affect veterans and their caregivers. | Submitted |
27 | Version 1 | Kirkpatrick (AZ) | Democrat | Late Increased understanding of the role of immigrants in promoting economic growth. | Submitted |
31 | Version 1 | Lawrence (MI) | Democrat | Late Increases understanding of the role of drinking water management practices in reducing lead exposure. | Submitted |
26 | Version 1 | Lieu (CA) | Democrat | Late Includes grants or agreements as worthy of Federal funding and in the national interest if it provides an increased understanding of causes and prevention of discrimination against minorities on the basis of ethnicity, religion or sexual orientation. | Submitted |
28 | Version 1 | Sewell (AL) | Democrat | Late Adds to the determination criteria an increased understanding of the role of telehealth in promoting increased access to health care in rural communities. | Submitted |
29 | Version 1 | Sewell (AL) | Democrat | Late Adds to the determination criteria an increased understanding of the causes, prevention, and mitigation of health disparities among minority communities. | Submitted |
15 | Version 1 | Slaughter (NY) | Democrat | Clarifies that providing a safe environment for female, minority, and LGBT students to practice science free of the threat of harassment or assault is in the national interest. | Submitted |
14 | Version 1 | Tonko (NY), Kildee (MI) | Democrat | Adds clean drinking water as being in the national interest. | Submitted |
21 | Version 1 | Torres (CA) | Democrat | Late Qualifies grants or agreements as worthy of federal funding and in the national interest if it provides an increased understanding of causes of efforts to suppress the voting rights of minorities | Submitted |
22 | Version 1 | Torres (CA) | Democrat | Late Qualifies grants or agreements as worthy of federal funding and in the national interest if it provides an increased understanding of access to reproductive health services on the risk of contracting the Zika virus during pregnancy. | Submitted |
16 | Version 1 | Watson Coleman (NJ) | Democrat | Establishes research on the role of labor unions in improving wages and benefits of union and non-union workers as category of national interest. | Submitted |
17 | Version 1 | Watson Coleman (NJ) | Democrat | Establishes research on the effects of high quality child care on future economic growth as category of national interest. | Submitted |
Motion by Ms. Slaughter to report open rules for H.R. 3442 and H.R. 3293. Defeated: 4–8