Jackson Lee (D-TX) - Amendment No. 1 - Replaces the phrase “basic research” with “applied research,” to gut the bill’s requirements that the National Science Foundation, whose primary mission is to fund basic research, must make a determination that grant awards are in the national interest (10 minutes)
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Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) - Amendment No. 2 - Creates a loophole by allowing NSF to consider a portfolio of research, rather than individual grants when certifying that research is in the national interest (10 minutes)
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Jackson Lee (D-TX) - Amendment No. 3 - Establishes a new condition for awards that the funded research must be “consistent with established and widely accepted scientific methods applicable to the field of study of exploration" (10 minutes)
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Jackson Lee (D-TX) - Amendment No. 4 - Establishes a new condition for awards that the funded research must be “consistent with the definition of basic research as it applies to the purpose and field of study" (10 minutes)
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DelBene (D-WA) - Amendment No. 5- Clarifies that language in the bill allowing research to be funded for the development of an American STEM workforce that is globally competitive includes computer science (10 minutes)
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DelBene (D-WA) - Amendment No. 6- Clarifies that the bill does not impact grant funding that has already been awarded by the National Science Foundation (10 minutes)
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