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Chuck Schumer
June 11, 2021

Halftime for R&D Push as Senate Passes Endless Frontier Bill

The Senate passed a landmark competitiveness policy package this week containing the Endless Frontier Act proposal for a multi-billion-dollar technology R&D initiative. Key members of the House are now crafting a compromise proposal they regard as better-suited to existing agency strengths.

An illustration of an atomic force microscope probing quantum Hall edge states in graphene.
June 9, 2021

FY22 Budget Request: National Institute of Standards and Technology

The National Institute of Standards and Technology’s budget would rise by nearly 50% under President Biden’s fiscal year 2022 request, with across-the-board increases proposed for the agency’s research and advanced manufacturing programs.

March 2, 2021

Research Recovery Left Behind as Pandemic Bill Sprints Ahead

The $1.9 trillion pandemic relief package that is advancing rapidly through Congress does not include the research recovery funds proposed in the bipartisan Research Investment to Spark the Economy Act.

February 19, 2021

New Microelectronics Initiative Sets Up Possible Funding Infusion

Concerned about the eroding U.S. share of the global microelectronics market, last year Congress fast-tracked legislation focused on bolstering domestic semiconductor R&D and manufacturing. Chip companies are now pressing the Biden administration and Congress to robustly fund the initiatives authorized by the legislation.

January 27, 2021

Final FY21 Appropriations: National Institute of Standards and Technology

The National Institute of Standards and Technology’s research budget is rising 5% to $788 million for fiscal year 2021, with much of the increase directed to quantum information science and artificial intelligence research. NIST's facilities construction and maintenance budget is cut by one-third to $80 million.

October 21, 2020

FY21 Budget Outlook: National Institute of Standards and Technology

The House is proposing to expand the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s research budget by 5%, emphasizing work in artificial intelligence and quantum information science.

August 26, 2020

FY21 NDAA: Dual-Use Technology Proposals

The House and Senate versions of the fiscal year 2021 National Defense Authorization Act propose numerous provisions aimed at increasing U.S. competitiveness in commercial technologies that have important national security applications, including microelectronics, artificial intelligence, 5G telecommunications, and advanced nuclear reactors.

June 24, 2020

Lawmakers Propose Multibillion Dollar Semiconductor R&D Push

A bipartisan group of lawmakers recently introduced legislation that would channel billions of dollars into manufacturing incentives and new R&D streams to bolster U.S. semiconductor manufacturing in the face of increasing international competition.

March 20, 2020

Pandemic Impacts Escalating Across Federal Labs

Federal research facilities across the U.S. have been forced to close as government officials escalate their efforts to slow the spread of the coronavirus.

February 27, 2020

FY21 Budget Request: National Institute of Standards and Technology

The Trump administration proposes to cut the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s budget by a third and reorient its research portfolio toward supporting “Industries of the Future,” including through a “grand challenge” initiative to build out quantum networking capabilities.

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