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February 2018

budget

• Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 raises budget caps and directs disaster relief funding to federal agencies
• President Trump's FY 2019 budget request proposes cuts to many federal science agencies

congress

• Bipartisan Climate Solutions Caucus introduces prize competition bill

education

• House passes early childhood STEM and national lab bills
• House science subcommittee hearing explores mentoring, training, and apprenticeships for STEM

energy

• Bipartisan expansion of tax credits for carbon dioxide sequestration signed into law
• U.S. District Court overrules suspension of Methane Venting and Flaring Rule as BLM proposes revisions

federal agencies & administration

• President Trump releases infrastructure proposal
• Secretary Zinke proposes reorganization plan for the Department of the Interior
• House science subcommittee discusses sexual harassment and misconduct in science

space

• National Academies release second decadal survey for earth observations from space

federal register

• Federal Register: February 2018

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Prepared by: Michelle Barreto, Geoscience Policy Associate; Anna Normand, Geoscience Policy Associate; Maeve Boland, Geoscience Policy Director; Cecilia Lopez-Gamundi, Geoscience Policy Intern.

Compiled March 8, 2018.

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