114th Congress > House > Vote 768

Date: February 10, 2016

Result: 181-235 (Failed)

Clerk session vote number: 68

Sponsor: SMITH, Lamar Seeligson (R-TX)

Bill number: HR3293

Question: On Agreeing to the Amendment

Description: Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas Part B Amendment No. 2

Bill summary: Scientific Research in the National Interest Act (Sec. 2) This bill directs the National Science Foundation (NSF) to award federal funding for basic research and education in the sciences through a new research grant or cooperative agreement only if it makes an affirmative determination, justified in writing, that the grant or agreement promotes the progress of science in the United States, is worthy of federal funding, and meets certain other criteria. The bill declares that such a determination shall be made after a research grant or cooperative agreement proposal has first satisfied the NSF's reviews for Merit and Broader Impacts.

Bill titles: To provide for greater accountability in Federal funding for scientific research, to promote the progress of science in the United States that serves that national interest.

Links for more info on the vote: congress.gov

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