On April 24, the National Science Board (NSB) released a press statement responding to the Frontiers in Innovation, Research, Science, and Technology (FIRST) Act (H.R. 4186).
On April 1, the House passed legislation authorizing increased funding for weather research at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit struck down portions of a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rule requiring companies to disclose whether their products contain conflict minerals.
The United Nations International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) recently released the Fifth Assessment Report Working Group II and Working Group III contributions which discuss evidence of climate change and pathways to reduce global carbon levels.
The House Science, Space, and Technology Subcommittee on Space passed the NASA Authorization Act of 2014 (H.R. 4412) which lays out an "Exploration Roadmap" detailing NASA's priorities.
Senator Roy Blunt (R-MO) recently introduced the National Rare Earth Cooperative Act of 2014 (S. 2006), which was referred to the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
On March 27, the House Natural Resources Committee’s Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee held an oversight hearing titled “Advances in Earthquake Science: 50th Anniversary of the Great Alaskan Quake.”
This month the Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act of 2014 (H.R. 3370) passed the U.S. House of Representatives 306-91 and the Senate 72-22. H.R. 3370 abolishes certain provisions of the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 (BW-12).
On March 7, the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Journal of Geophysical Research published a U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) sponsored study on the relationship between a November 2011 magnitude-5.0 earthquake and successive aftershocks along the Wilzetta fault in Oklahoma.