Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts introduced S. 1482, to reauthorize the 21st Century Nanotechnology Research and Development Act (PL108-153, 117 STAT. 1923) on Tuesday 7/21/2009. The text of the bill is not available from either GPO.com,  the Congressional Record or Senator Kerry’s website. As soon as it is available, we’ll post a link to it. The bill has been assigned to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation. No hearings on the bill are scheduled for the remainder of July; the Senate will be in recess during the month of August and will return September 7th.