Congress Passes Legislature to Increase Funding for Basic Research
Fearing that people would think I didn't read anything that isn't about electronics, I didn't want to write my second paper based on an article from an IEEE publication. Still, I couldn't pass up this article I found on the IEEE-USA website. It's called, "Congress Passes Landmark Legislation, America C.O.M.P.E.T.E.S. Act", by Bill Williams.
The article explains how on August 2nd of this year Congress unanimously passed legislation that will increase funding for basic research and improve science, technology, math and engineering education. The bill, signed into law on August 9th, is called the "Creating Opportunities to Meaningfully Promote Excellence in Technology, Education, and Science", or the "America COMPETES Act". This bipartisan bill is based almost exclusively on the report "Rising Above the Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future", written by the National......
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