11/9 - FUTURE OF COMPETES ACT

The House Science and Technology Committee held a hearing to discuss findings and recommendations from the recently released report, Rising Above the Gathering Storm, Revisited: Rapidly Approaching Category 5. The updated report highlights progress that has been made in the past five years, including enactment of the America COMPETES Act, but underscores that America’s competitive position in the world now faces greater challenges and that research investments are even more critical today. The report urges reauthorization of COMPETES, which has passed the House but not the Senate.

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