America COMPETES Act of 2010
The House reauthorized the Act on 28 May 2010 by a vote of 262-150. On December 17, 2010, the Senate passed an amended version of H.R. 5116 by unanimous consent. Then, on December 22, the House voted 228-130 to pass the Senate's version and allow it to become law.
The America COMPETES Act of 2007 rejuvenated focus on increasing basic research investment in the physical sciences, strengthening educational opportunities in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields and developing a robust innovation infrastructure. Reauthorization of the America COMPETES Act continues a robust investment in basic research and education and preserves the essence of the original Act by increasing the investment focus on science, technology, engineering and mathematics basic research an education as a national priority.
The Economic and Statistics Administration, in the Department of Commerce, created the http://www.commerce.gov/competes web site with the text of the Act, information on the innovative and competitive capacity of the U.S. and video recordings of top Commerce officials.
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