The Senate FY 2016 budget includes changes to the criteria for how the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) determines the impact of energy efficiency on the federal budget.
The House passed Representative Lamar Smith’s (R-TX) Secret Science Reform Act of 2015 which impacts science used in Environmental Protection Agency rulemaking.
The Senate voted on a budget resolution for fiscal year 2016, and as part of this process, senators voted on many non-binding, germane amendments in a "vote-a-rama."
The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies held a hearing on the President’s fiscal year 2016 budget request for the National Science Foundation.
The House Appropriations Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee met to discuss the President’s proposed fiscal year (FY) 2016 budget for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced the expansion of the Gulf of the Farallones and the Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries.