H.R. 1867 - National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2007
- Sponsor:
- Brian Baird
- Summary:
- To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2008, 2009, and 2010 for the National Science Foundation, and for other purposes. (by CRS)
- Status:
- The bill was voted on in the House on May 2, 2007
- Amendments:
- 12 proposed amendments. 4 accepted. 7 rejected. View amendments
PASSED on May 3, 2007.
1/2 required to pass
voted YES: 399
voted NO: 17
16 voted present/not voting
National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2007
H.R. 1867 — 110th Congress (2007–2008)
- Summary
- To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2008, 2009, and 2010 for the National Science Foundation, and for other purposes. (by CRS)
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- Title
- To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2008, 2009, and 2010 for the National Science Foundation, and for other purposes.
- Other Titles
- National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2007
- National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2007
- National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2007
- Sponsor
- Brian Baird
- Co-Sponsors
- Baron Hill
- Barton Gordon
- David G. Reichert
- Adam Smith
- Ralph M. Hall
- Daniel Lipinski
- Nicholas Lampson
- Jerry McNerney
- Rush Holt
- Mark Udall
- David Wu
- Ben Chandler
- Lynn C. Woolsey
- Steven R. Rothman
- Brian P. Bilbray
- Janice D. Schakowsky
- David E. Price
- Michael M. Honda
- Vernon Ehlers
- James P. Moran
- Darlene Hooley
- Subjects
- Science policy
- Air pollution
- Air pollution control
- Antarctic regions
- Authorization
- Awards, medals, prizes
- Black colleges
- Budgets
- Building construction
- Business
- Climate change
- Commemorations
- Communication in science
- Communications
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Cost accounting
- Curricula
- Education
- Educational statistics
- Electronic government information
- Elementary and secondary education
- Elementary education
- Engineering
- Engineers
- Environmental protection
- Executive departments
- Federal aid to education
- Federal aid to research
- Federal employees
- Gifts
- Government employees
- Government information
- Government publicity
- Governmental investigations
- Graduate education
- Greenhouse gases
- Higher education
- Hispanic Americans
- Industrial engineering
- Industry-university relations
- Infrastructure
- Inspectors general
- International competitiveness
- Labor
- Laboratories
- Learning
- Leave of absence
- Mathematics
- Mentoring
- Minorities
- Minority education
- Nanotechnology
- National Science Foundation
- Nonprofit organizations
- Politics and government
- Recruiting of employees
- Research centers
- Research ethics
- Research grants
- Scholarships
- Scientific education
- Scientific instruments and apparatus
- Scientists
- Secondary education
- Social services
- Teacher education
- Teacher supply and demand
- Technical education
- Technological innovations
- Technology
- Technology transfer
- Trade
- Vocational guidance
- Related Bills
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Introduced 4/17/2007 Referred to Committee Amendments (12 proposed) Passed House 5/03/2007 - Bill History
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Chamber/Committee Motion Date Result select this vote House On agreeing to the Garrett (NJ) amendment (A007) Failed by voice vote. 5/03/2007 DID NOT PASS by voice vote select this vote House On agreeing to the Ehlers amendment (A010) Agreed to by voice vote. 5/03/2007 PASSED by voice vote select this vote House On agreeing to the McNerney amendment (A011) Agreed to by voice vote. 5/03/2007 PASSED by voice vote select this vote House Amendment 2 to H.R. 1867 5/03/2007 This amendment DID NOT PASS the House 166 voted YES 250 voted NO 21 voted present/not votingselect this vote House Amendment 1 to H.R. 1867 5/03/2007 This amendment PASSED the House 252 voted YES 165 voted NO 20 voted present/not votingselect this vote House Amendment 4 to H.R. 1867 5/03/2007 This amendment DID NOT PASS the House 195 voted YES 222 voted NO 20 voted present/not votingselect this vote House Amendment 5 to H.R. 1867 5/03/2007 This amendment DID NOT PASS the House 115 voted YES 301 voted NO 21 voted present/not votingselect this vote House Amendment 6 to H.R. 1867 5/03/2007 This amendment DID NOT PASS the House 126 voted YES 292 voted NO 19 voted present/not votingselect this vote House Amendment 8 to H.R. 1867 5/03/2007 This amendment DID NOT PASS the House 128 voted YES 290 voted NO 19 voted present/not votingselect this vote House Amendment 9 to H.R. 1867 5/03/2007 This amendment PASSED the House 232 voted YES 186 voted NO 19 voted present/not votingselect this vote House Amendment 12 to H.R. 1867 5/03/2007 This amendment DID NOT PASS the House 183 voted YES 235 voted NO 19 voted present/not votingcurrently selected House On Passage - House - H.R. 1867 National Science Foundation Authorization Act 5/03/2007 This bill PASSED the House 399 voted YES 17 voted NO 16 voted present/not votingAction Date Description Introduced 4/17/2007 4/17/2007 Referred to the House Committee on Science and Technology. 4/18/2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Science Education. 4/19/2007 Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. 4/19/2007 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote . 4/24/2007 Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. Put on a legislative calendar 4/24/2007 Ordered to be Reported (Amended). 4/30/2007 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Science and Technology. H. Rept. 110-114. Put on a legislative calendar 4/30/2007 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 68. 5/01/2007 Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 349 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 1867 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. Bill is open to amendments. All points of order against consideration of the bill are waived except those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. It shall be in order to consider as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under five-minute rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Science and Technology now printed in the bill. 5/02/2007 Rule H. Res. 349 passed House. 5/02/2007 Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 349. 5/02/2007 House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 349 and Rule XVIII. 5/02/2007 The Speaker designated the Honorable Jason Altmire to act as Chairman of the Committee. 5/02/2007 Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 1867 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. Bill is open to amendments. All points of order against consideration of the bill are waived except those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. It shall be in order to consider as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under five-minute rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Science and Technology now printed in the bill. 5/02/2007 GENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with one hour of general debate on H.R. 1867. 5/02/2007 Amendment (A001) offered by Mr. Honda. 5/02/2007 DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 349, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Honda amendment under the five-minute rule. 5/02/2007 Amendment (A002) offered by Mr. Sullivan to the Honda amendment. 5/02/2007 DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Sullivan amendment to the Honda amendment, pending reservation of a point of order. Subsequently, the reservation was removed. 5/02/2007 POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Sullivan amendment to the Honda amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Sullivan demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day. 5/02/2007 Amendment (A003) offered by Mr. Weldon (FL). 5/02/2007 DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 349, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Weldon (FL) amendment under the five-minute rule, pending reservation of a point of order. 5/02/2007 Mr. Baird raised a point of order against the Weldon (FL) amendment (A003). Mr. Baird stated that the provisions of the Weldon(FL) amendment are not germane to the bill. The Chair sustained the point of order. 5/02/2007 Amendment (A004) offered by Mr. Campbell (CA). 5/02/2007 DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 349, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Campbell amendment numbered 5 under the five-minute rule. 5/02/2007 POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Campbell amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Campbell demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day. 5/02/2007 DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 349, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Campbell amendment numbered 4 under the five-minute rule. 5/02/2007 Amendment (A005) offered by Mr. Campbell (CA). 5/02/2007 POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Campbell amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Campbell demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day. 5/03/2007 Amendment (A006) offered by Mr. Garrett (NJ). 5/03/2007 DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 349, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Garrett of New Jersey amendment numbered 11 under the five-minute rule. 5/03/2007 POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Garrett amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Garrett demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day. 5/03/2007 DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 349, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Garrett of New Jersey amendment numbered 10 under the five-minute rule. 5/03/2007 Amendment (A007) offered by Mr. Garrett (NJ). select this vote Vote 5/03/2007 On agreeing to the Garrett (NJ) amendment (A007) Failed by voice vote. 5/03/2007 DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 349, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Flake amendment under the five-minute rule. 5/03/2007 Amendment (A008) offered by Mr. Flake. 5/03/2007 POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Flake amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Flake demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day. 5/03/2007 DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 349, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Matsui amendment under the five-minute rule. 5/03/2007 Amendment (A009) offered by Ms. Matsui. 5/03/2007 POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Matsui amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Price of Georgia demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day. 5/03/2007 DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 349, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Ehlers amendment under the five-minute rule. 5/03/2007 Amendment (A010) offered by Mr. Ehlers. 5/03/2007 DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 349, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the McNerney amendment under the five-minute rule. select this vote Vote 5/03/2007 On agreeing to the Ehlers amendment (A010) Agreed to by voice vote. 5/03/2007 Amendment (A011) offered by Mr. McNerney. select this vote Vote 5/03/2007 On agreeing to the McNerney amendment (A011) Agreed to by voice vote. 5/03/2007 DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 349, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Price of Georgia amendment under the five-minute rule. 5/03/2007 Amendment (A012) offered by Mr. Price (GA). 5/03/2007 POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Price of Georgia amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Price of Georgia demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day. 5/03/2007 UNFINISHED BUSINESS - The Chair announced that the unfinished business was the question of adoption of amendments which had been debated earlier and on which further proceedings had been postponed. 5/03/2007 The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 1867. 5/03/2007 The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule. 5/03/2007 The House adopted the amendment in the nature of a substitute as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. select this vote Vote 5/03/2007 Amendment 2 to H.R. 1867 select this vote Vote 5/03/2007 Amendment 1 to H.R. 1867 select this vote Vote 5/03/2007 Amendment 4 to H.R. 1867 select this vote Vote 5/03/2007 Amendment 5 to H.R. 1867 select this vote Vote 5/03/2007 Amendment 6 to H.R. 1867 select this vote Vote 5/03/2007 Amendment 8 to H.R. 1867 select this vote Vote 5/03/2007 Amendment 9 to H.R. 1867 select this vote Vote 5/03/2007 Amendment 12 to H.R. 1867 currently selected House Vote on Passage 5/03/2007 On Passage - House - H.R. 1867 National Science Foundation Authorization Act 5/03/2007 The Clerk was authorized to correct section numbers, punctuation, and cross references, and to make other necessary technical and conforming corrections in the engrossment of H.R. 1867. Put on a legislative calendar 5/07/2007 Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 138. 5/06/2008 Hearing Held by Subcommittee on Research and Science Education Prior to Introduction and Referral (March 29, 2007). 5/06/2008 Hearing Held by Subcommittee on Research and Science Education Prior to Introduction and Referral (March 20, 2007). Number Sponsor Date Offered Status select this vote H. Amdt. 128 Honda, Michael [D-CA17] May 2, 2007 Passed by roll call vote on May 2, 2007. Amendment allows the National Science Foundation to support the creation of K-12 science curriculum, informal education materials, exhibits, and multi-media relevant to global warming, climate science, and greenhouse reduction strategies.
select this vote H. Amdt. 129 Sullivan, John [R-OK1] May 2, 2007 Failed by roll call vote on May 2, 2007. Amendment to the Honda amendment (A001) sought to clarify that materials, exhibits, and multimedia presentations shall reflect the diversity of scientific opinion.
H. Amdt. 130 Weldon, David [R-FL15] May 2, 2007 Offered on May 1, 2007. An amendment numbered 9 printed in the Congressional Record to insert a new paragraph with respect to limitation.
select this vote H. Amdt. 131 Campbell, John [R-CA45] May 2, 2007 Failed by roll call vote on May 2, 2007. Amendment sought to prohibit funds in the bill from being used for specified research activities.
select this vote H. Amdt. 132 Campbell, John [R-CA45] May 2, 2007 Failed by roll call vote on May 2, 2007. Amendment sought to reduce funding for the National Science Foundation by 1 percent.
select this vote H. Amdt. 133 Garrett, Scott [R-NJ5] May 2, 2007 Failed by roll call vote on May 2, 2007. Amendment sought to reduce funding for the National Science Foundation by 0.5 percent.
select this vote H. Amdt. 134 Garrett, Scott [R-NJ5] May 2, 2007 Failed by voice vote on May 2, 2007. An amendment numbered 10 printed in the Congressional Record to limit funds for research related to reproductive aging and diet and social stratification.
select this vote H. Amdt. 135 Flake, Jeff [R-AZ] May 2, 2007 Failed by roll call vote on May 2, 2007. Amendment sought to strike section 6 which provides for a pilot program to award one-year grants to individuals to assist them in improving research proposals that were previously submitted to the National Science Foundation but not selected for funding.
select this vote H. Amdt. 136 Matsui, Doris [D-CA6] May 2, 2007 Passed by roll call vote on May 2, 2007. Amendment authorizes a science communications initiative at the National Science Foundation.
select this vote H. Amdt. 137 Ehlers, Vernon [R-MI3] May 2, 2007 Passed by voice vote on May 2, 2007. Amendment expresses the the sense of the Congress regarding the mathematics and science partnership programs of the Department of Education and the National Science Foundation.
select this vote H. Amdt. 138 McNerney, Jerry [D-CA9] May 2, 2007 Passed by voice vote on May 2, 2007. Amendment allows the Director of the National Science Foundation to establish a competitive, merit-based program to award grants to Hispanic-serving institutions for science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
select this vote H. Amdt. 139 Price, Tom [R-GA6] May 2, 2007 Failed by roll call vote on May 2, 2007. Amendment sought to provide that no authorization of appropriations made by this Act that results in costs to the Federal Government shall be effective unless there are decreases in spending elsewhere in the Federal Government.
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