To provide for the establishment of a Center for Scientific and Technical Assessment.
Latest action · Dec 7, 2004 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2168-2169)
Progress
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- IntroducedJun 23, 2004
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Establishes: (1) a Center for Scientific and Technical Assessment to provide timely advice to Congress on scientific and technical aspects of public policy issues, administered by a Director; and (2) a Technical Assessment Board to provide guidance to the Director to ensure that the Center provides timely and useful responses to congressional requests.
Authorizes the Director to appoint, with the approval of the Comptroller General, a Deputy Director. Prohibits the Director and Deputy Director from engaging in any other business, vocation, or employment, or (except with the Comptroller General's approval) holding any office in, or acting in any capacity for, any organization, agency, or institution with which the Center makes any contract or other arrangement under this Act.
Permits: (1) any Member of Congress to make requests to the Board that the Center conduct an investigation and report to the requester, within a specified time period, on any matter relating to scientific and technical assessment (and sets priorities for requests); and (2) the Director to establish an advisory panel as necessary to support each technical assessment report.
Requires each report to be subject to peer review before delivery to the committee or Member requesting it. Provides for public release of unclassified reports, subject to a delay of up to two weeks at the request of the Board or a Member.
Cosponsors 18
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 23, 2004 to Sep 8, 2004; 15 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-NY | Amo Houghton | Original | Jun 23, 2004 |
| D-TN | Bart Gordon | Original | Jun 23, 2004 |
| D-MD | C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger | Original | Jun 23, 2004 |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Original | Jun 23, 2004 |
| D-CA | Henry A. Waxman | Original | Jun 23, 2004 |
| D-CA | Howard L. Berman | Original | Jun 23, 2004 |
| R-PA | James C. Greenwood | Original | Jun 23, 2004 |
| D-VA | James P. Moran | Original | Jun 23, 2004 |
| D-WA | Jim McDermott | Original | Jun 23, 2004 |
| D-MA | John W. Olver | Original | Jun 23, 2004 |
| D-TX | Martin Frost | Original | Jun 23, 2004 |
| D-CA | Michael M. Honda | Original | Jun 23, 2004 |
| R-DE | Michael N. Castle | Original | Jun 23, 2004 |
| R-NY | Sherwood Boehlert | Original | Jun 23, 2004 |
| R-MI | Vernon J. Ehlers | Original | Jun 23, 2004 |
| R-NE | Doug Bereuter | Jul 20, 2004 | |
| D-NY | Nita M. Lowey | Sep 7, 2004 | |
| D-NC | David E. Price | Sep 8, 2004 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Science, Space, and Technology Committee | Referred Jun 23, 2004 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 7, 2004Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2168-2169)
- Jun 25, 2004Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5139)
- Jun 23, 2004Introduced in House
- Jun 23, 2004Referred to the House Committee on Science.
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
Research
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CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R46327 | The Office of Technology Assessment: History, Authorities, Issues, and Options Archived | Report | Apr 29, 2020 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide for the establishment of a Center for Scientific and Technical Assessment.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications.
- Communication in science
- Congress
- Congressional agencies
- Congressional information resources
- Congressional publicity
- Congressional reorganization
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Federal advisory bodies
- Government Operations and Politics
- Policy sciences
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Technology assessment
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 23, 2004Introduced in House
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