America COMPETES Act
Sponsor: BART GORDON (D-TN)
America COMPETES Act or America Creating Opportunities to Meaningfully Promote Excellence in Technology, Education, and Science Act - Title I: Office of Science and Technology Policy; Government-Wide Science - (Sec. 1001) Directs the President to: (1) convene a National Science and Technology Summit to examine the health and direction of the United States' science, technology, engineering, and mathematics enterprises; and (2) issue a report on Summit results. Requires, beginning with the President's budget submission for the fiscal year following the conclusion of the Summit and for each of the following four budget submissions, the analytical perspectives component of the budget that describes the research and development (R&D) priorities to include a description of how those priorities relate to the conclusions and recommendations of the Summit.
Science, Technology, Communications Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service. CRS gives each bill one topic, based on the bill as introduced. This one carries 119 subject terms, so it spans well beyond that single label.
Who won, and how much of the country was behind them
The dotted gap is 2.1% of U.S. adults whose member did not vote, voted “present,” or whose seat was vacant.
| Side | Outcome | Votes | Share of U.S. adults |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nay | Won | 227 | 50.8% |
| Yea | Lost | 199 | 47.2% |
| Not represented on this question | No position taken | 0 | 2.1% |