bridges vol. 25, April 2010 / Bills in Brief: US S&T Policy News
 This bridges Bills in Brief is brought to you, in part, by the Science and Technology in Congress Newsletter, a publication of the AAAS Center for Science, Technology and Congress, covering the latest science-related news on Capitol Hill.
- America COMPETES Act Reauthorization Begins to Take Shape
The House Science and Technology Committee took the first steps to reauthorize the America COMPETES Act by marking up a committee print of its energy title in the Energy and Environment Subcommittee on March 25. This title contains three bills that provide a comprehensive reauthorization of the Department of Energy's Office of Science (H.R. 4905 ), a reauthorization of ARPA-E (H.R. 4906 ), and an authorization of Energy Innovation Hubs (H.R. 4907 ).
Read the full story here: http://www.aaas.org/spp/cstc/stc/index.shtml#competes
- House Bill on Global Science and Diplomacy Introduced
On March 10, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Howard L. Berman (D-CA) and Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE) introduced the Global Science Program for Security, Competitiveness, and Diplomacy Act (H.R. 4801 ). The legislation would authorize, among other things, the creation of a grant program for US and foreign scientists to encourage research cooperation between universities. The bill also promotes efforts to support nuclear nonproliferation and would formalize the State Department's Science Envoy program created earlier this year by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, as well as the Jefferson Science Diplomacy Fellows program.
Read the full story here: http://www.aaas.org/spp/cstc/stc/index.shtml#diplomacy
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