2926 -- Science Prize Competitions Act of 2016 | Poliscope

Science Prize Competitions Act of 2016

2926

114th Congress

Science, Technology, Communications

In Committee

Science Prize Competitions Act of 2016

Legislative Progress

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Introduced

2

Committee

3

Floor Vote

4

Other Chamber

5

Enacted

Introduced

May 12, 2016

Latest Action

May 12, 2016

Primary Sponsor

Tom UdallDemocratic(NM)

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Summary

Science Prize Competitions Act of 2016 This bill amends the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 regarding prize competitions, including to allow an agency to waive insurance requirements. Each prize competition shall be published on a publicly accessible government website rather than in the Federal Register.

Subjects (5)

Advanced technology and technological innovations

Government information and archives

Life, casualty, property insurance

Research administration and funding

Research and development

Actions (2)

May 12, 2016

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

May 12, 2016

Introduced in Senate

Committees

Committee	Chamber	Activity	Date
Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee	Senate	Referred to	May 12, 2016

Text Versions

Version	Date	Links
Introduced in Senate	May 12, 2016	XML

Related Bills (4)

Bill	Congress	Relationship
S 3084	114th	Related bill
HR 1898	114th	Related bill
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