Congress 116 - S 3734 - Bioeconomy Research and Development Act of 2020

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Advanced technology and technological innovations Advisory bodies Agricultural research Alternative and renewable resources Biological and life sciences Cell biology and embryology Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits Computers and information technology Congressional oversight Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation Economic performance and conditions Education programs funding Elementary and secondary education Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Environmental technology Executive agency funding and structure Executive Office of the President Genetics Health technology, devices, supplies Higher education Industrial facilities Manufacturing Medical ethics Medical research Military education and training Minority education Product development and innovation Public-private cooperation Research administration and funding Research and development Research ethics Science and engineering education Science, Technology, Communications Small business Space flight and exploration Teaching, teachers, curricula Technology assessment Technology transfer and commercialization

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Bioeconomy Research and Development Act of 2020

This bill directs

the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) to implement a National Engineering Biology Research and Development Initiative;
the OSTP to designate an interagency committee to coordinate the initiative;
the OSTP to designate or establish an advisory committee on engineering biology research and development;
the National Science Foundation (NSF) to seek to enter into an agreement with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to conduct a review related to engineering biology research and development; and
the NSF and certain other federal agencies, including the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), to carry out specified research activities as part of the initiative.

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Dec 15, 2020

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 636.
Dec 15, 2020

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Wicker with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 116-330.
May 20, 2020

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
May 14, 2020

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
May 14, 2020

Introduced in Senate

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