By Porter Wright on UPDATE The House agreed to the Senate amendment to HR 5116 on 12/21/2010. We’ll discuss the implications of this in more detail after the Xmas holiday. The Senate unanimously passed H.R. 5116 on Friday 12/17/2010, after first adopting an amendment in the nature of a substitute. As opposed to the version of H.R. 5116 that was … Continue Reading
By Porter Wright on The NNI Reauthorization bill is officially in the Senate, and housed in the Committee on Science Commerce and Transportation.… Continue Reading
By Porter Wright on Earlier today, the House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed its version of the National Nanotechnology Initiative reauthorization amendments, H.R. 554. The passage was by "voice vote," meaning there is no record of who may have voted for or against the reauthorization. This is the next step towards complete reauthorization of the NNI.… Continue Reading
By Porter Wright on Yesterday, Rep. Bart Gordon (D-TN), Chairman of the House Committee on Science and Technology introduced H.R. 554, the National Nanotechnology Initiative Amendments Act of 2009. This is a bill identical to the 110th Congress’s H.R. 5490, which passed the House by a 407 to 6 vote, but stalled in the Senate. According to the Committee’s … Continue Reading
By Porter Wright on The saga of the status of the NNI Reauthorization Bill in the Senate, S. 3274, continues. Remember we provided information previously about the status of reauthorization and the dangers involved in letting the legislation lapse. The NanoBusiness Alliance is reporting that the markup for the bill is now scheduled for September, but no further information is … Continue Reading
By Porter Wright on Today’s lesson is: never count your chickens before they hatch. You’ll remember a few months back, the House overwhelmingly passed legislation reauthorizing the National Nanotechnology Initiative, and slightly modifying some of the work they do. At the time, I surmised (to myself) that passage through the Senate was likely to be quick. Perhaps not.… Continue Reading
By Porter Wright on We previously discussed the pending National Nanotechnology Initiative re-authorization here, and we’re back today to let you know that the House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed the bill.… Continue Reading
By Porter Wright on The Risk Policy Report is reporting that Congressional re-authorization for the National Nanotechnology Initiative, the cross-agency program designed to study nanotechnology issues, is underway. The current funding is set to expire at the end of the 2008 fiscal year.… Continue Reading
