American Innovation and Competitiveness Act of 2006
Current understanding
S.2802 (109th Congress) proposed a presidential science-and-technology summit, annual White House guidance on federal research investments, a National Academies study on innovation-related risks, government-wide rules for how federal scientists communicate research findings to the public, and Math and Science Days in elementary and middle schools. The bill was placed on the Senate calendar and did not become law in this form. Evidence tier: introduced.
Evidence log
- 2006-07-19 — American Innovation and Competitiveness Act of 2006: cross-connection with national-innovation-act-2006: Both are 2006 Senate innovation-policy vehicles proposing White House-level science/technology coordination and federal research-investment guidance; neither advanced to enactment in this form. (novelty: 2)