America Competes Act

The America COMPETES Act (H.R.2272) (or America Creating Opportunities to Meaningfully Promote Excellence in Technology, Education, and Sciencea Act), is also known as the Technology Innovation and Manufacturing Stimulation Act, is a large funding bill which would authorize a variety of federal science, technology and research programs, as well as fund state education grants.

Current status
The bill was introduced on May 10, 2007 in the House by Rep. Bart Gordon (D-Tenn.). On August 2, the bill passed the House in a vote of 367-57 (Roll Call #802). It passed the Senate in a voice vote later that day, and was sent to the White House for approval. It was signed into law by President Bush.

House action
 

Senate action
The Senate had considered similar bill, S. 761 (S. 761) which was also titled the "America COMPETES Act." The Senate passed that bill on April 25, 2007, and then incorporated this measure into H.R. 2272 as an amendment on July 19, 2007.

 

 



External resources

 * "OpenCongress page on H.R.2772," Open Congress.

External articles

 * Anne Broache, "House OKs billions of dollars for federal science, tech projects," CNet, August 3, 2007.