America COMPETES Act

The America COMPETES Act (formally America Creating Opportunities to Meaningfully Promote Excellence in Technology, Education, and Science Act of 2007)[1][2][3] was authored by Bart Gordon[4] and signed into law on August 9, 2007, by President George W. Bush. The act aimed to invest in innovation through research and development and improve the competitiveness of the United States.[5]

On May 29, 2010, the U.S. House passed a measure to reauthorize the America COMPETES Act. On July 22, 2010, the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation approved the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 and sent it to the U.S. Senate for a vote. On January 4, 2011, President Barack Obama signed the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 into law.

On February 4, 2022, the House passed the America COMPETES Act of 2022,[6] followed by the Senate on March 28, 2022.[7]

  1. ^ Legislative Highlights from the House Committee on Science and Technology Archived 2010-05-27 at the Wayback Machine, Representative Bart Gordon, Chair.
  2. ^ History of the America COMPETES Act Archived 2010-05-27 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Official Text and Related Information on the America COMPETES Act of 2007". Archived from the original on November 6, 2010. Retrieved May 29, 2010.
  4. ^ "H.R.5116 - 111th Congress (2009-2010): America Creating Opportunities to Meaningfully Promote Excellence in Technology, Education, and Science Reauthorization Act of 2010". January 4, 2011.
  5. ^ H.R. 2272 as enacted into Public Law, 146 pages.
  6. ^ Roll call vote 031, via Clerk.House.gov
  7. ^ Roll call vote 109, via Senate.gov