HR 1453
110th Congress
House
Science, Technology, Communications
Communication in science
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Graduate education
Language arts
Scientific education
Scientists
Scientific Communications Act of 2007
Introduced: March 9, 2007
Introduced by:
Matsui, Doris O.
Democratic
· California
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 14, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Science Education.
Mar 9, 2007
Referred to the House Committee on Science and Technology.
Mar 9, 2007
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E511-512)
Mar 9, 2007
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Scientific Communications Act of 2007 - Directs the National Science Foundation (NSF) to establish a program for making grants to institutions to provide communications training to graduate students in order to improve the ability of scientists to interact with policymakers. Requires such program to be integrated with other NSF programs for the training of scientists, such as the Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) program.
Requires recipients of grants under this Act to transmit annual reports to NSF describing the operations of the program funded by the grant.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Science Education.
Committees of jurisdiction
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