A Senate bill (S. 1398) introduced on May 20 would provide an alternative to the energy research funding levels proposed in the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2015, which passed the House on May 19.

On May 19, the House voted to approve the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2015 (H.R. 1806).

The House Energy and Commerce Committee and the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee both held hearings on energy efficiency bills working their way through each chamber.

The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee passed the Secret Science Reform Act (S.544).

The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water passed a bill funding the Department of Energy and the National Nuclear Security Administration for fiscal year 2016 (H.R.2028).

The House Science, Space, and Technology Committee passed the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2015 (H.R. 1806) with a party-line vote.

The House Science, Space, and Technology Committee passed the Weather Research and Forecast Innovation Act of 2015.

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 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources held a hearing to evaluate opportunities for the United States to build on its status as an Arctic nation.

On February 27, the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee held a hearing on the President’s proposed fiscal year (FY) 2016 budget for both the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).