National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002
Latest action · Nov 25, 2002 Referred to the Subcommittee on Research.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedNov 13, 2002
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Requires the NSF Director to: (1) carry out specified scientific research activities, including information technology, science, mathematics, and engineering, and plant genome research; (2) carry out the Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research; (3) award grants for mathematics and science education partnership programs and for recruiting and training mathematics and science teachers; (4) award grants to establish Centers for Research on Learning and Education Improvement; (5) take steps to avoid NSF duplicative programs; (6) award grants to expand previously implemented reforms of undergraduate science, mathematics, engineering, or technology education; (7) assess gender differences in the careers of science and engineering faculty; and (8) assess any increases in the number and quality of students completing degrees in science, mathematics, engineering, and technology education.
Instructs the Committee on Equal Opportunities in Science and Engineering to describe NSF policies and activities to encourage the full participation of women, minorities, and persons with disabilities in science, mathematics, and engineering fields.
Directs NSF and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to jointly establish an Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory Committee.
Authorizes the Director to establish a program to award grants to certain minority-serving institutions to enhance the quality of undergraduate science, mathematics, and engineering education.
Requires the Director to provide for a study to determine discrepancies in Federal reports on obligations and actual expenditures of Federal research and development spending.
Cosponsors 16
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Nov 13, 2002.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NC | Bob Etheridge | Original | Nov 13, 2002 |
| D-WA | Brian Baird | Original | Nov 13, 2002 |
| R-MD | Constance A. Morella | Original | Nov 13, 2002 |
| D-TX | Eddie Bernice Johnson | Original | Nov 13, 2002 |
| D-MI | James A. Barcia | Original | Nov 13, 2002 |
| D-CA | Joe Baca | Original | Nov 13, 2002 |
| R-IL | Judy Biggert | Original | Nov 13, 2002 |
| R-CA | Ken Calvert | Original | Nov 13, 2002 |
| R-TX | Lamar Smith | Original | Nov 13, 2002 |
| D-CO | Mark Udall | Original | Nov 13, 2002 |
| D-CA | Michael M. Honda | Original | Nov 13, 2002 |
| D-TX | Ralph M. Hall | Original | Nov 13, 2002 |
| R-NY | Sherwood Boehlert | Original | Nov 13, 2002 |
| R-MI | Vernon J. Ehlers | Original | Nov 13, 2002 |
| R-MD | Wayne T. Gilchrest | Original | Nov 13, 2002 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 25, 2002Referred to the Subcommittee on Research.
- Nov 13, 2002Introduced in House
- Nov 13, 2002Referred to the House Committee on Science.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 4664 | National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 | Related bill | Dec 19, 2002 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications.
- Academic performance
- Agricultural biotechnology
- Agricultural productivity
- Agricultural research
- Agriculture and Food
- Alaska
- Alternative energy sources
- Appropriations
- Arts, Culture, Religion
- Astronomical research
- Astronomy
- Astrophysics
- Auditing
- Authorization
- Biological pest control
- Black colleges
- Building construction
- Career education
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- College students
- College teachers
- Community and college
- Community colleges
- Computer networks
- Computer security measures
- Computer software
- Computer-assisted instruction
- Computers in education
- Conferences
- Congress
- Congressional oversight
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Construction costs
- Continuing education
- Corn
- Cost accounting
- Curriculum planning
- Developing countries
- Disabled
- Distance education
- Ecological research
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Education of disabled students
- Education of the disadvantaged
- Educational accountability
- Educational equalization
- Educational research
- Educational surveys
- Educational technology
- Electronic government information
- Elementary and secondary education
- Elementary education
- Employment of the disabled
- Energy
- Energy crops
- Energy research
- Engineering
- Engineers
- Environmental assessment
- Environmental Protection
- Families
- Federal advisory bodies
- Federal aid to education
- Federal aid to higher education
- Federal aid to research
- Feedstock
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Fines (Penalties)
- Genetic research
- Government internships
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Government publicity
- Government spending
- Hawaiians
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- High technology
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- Information technology
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- Internet
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- Mathematics
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- Mentoring
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- Nanotechnology
- National Science Foundation
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- Plant genetics
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Public meetings of administrative bodies
- Reading
- Recruiting of employees
- Remote sensing
- Research and development
- Research and development facilities
- Research centers
- Research grants
- Right of privacy
- Scholarships
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Scientific education
- Scientific instruments and apparatus
- Scientists
- Secondary education
- Social Welfare
- Soybeans
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- Surveys
- Teacher education
- Teacher supply and demand
- Teaching
- Teaching materials
- Technical education
- Technological innovations
- Technology assessment
- Women
- Women engineers
- Women scientists
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