House passes Nonotech Bill

Manufacturing Engineering,  Aug 2003  

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The House of Representatives on May 7 passed HR766, The Nanotechnology Research and Development Act of 2002, authorizing $2.36 billion over three years for nanotech R&D programs at the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Department of Energy (DOE), the Department of Commerce, NASA, and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The bill provides a formal structure for coordination of research across the agencies, emphasizing interdisciplinary research and addressing societal concerns raised by nanotechnology.

The nanotech legislation requires outside reviews of the program, promotes efforts to commercialize nanotechnology applications, and provides incentives for U.S. citizens and legal residents to pursue degrees in science and engineering. It was endorsed by several organizations and manufacturers, including National Association of Manufacturers, Semiconductor Industry Association, Association for Computing Machinery, Computing Research Association, Nanobusiness Alliance, Alliance for Science and Technology Research in America, Institute of Electronics and Electrical Engineers (IEEE), IBM Corp., Intel Corp., and Hewlett-Packard Co. For more information, see http://www.house.gov/science.

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