National Innovation Act (2006)
Current understanding
The National Innovation Act of 2006 was a Senate bill that would have established a President’s Council on Innovation, doubled NSF research funding over roughly a decade, expanded graduate science and engineering fellowships and traineeships, and directed Commerce and NIST to promote regional innovation clusters and advanced manufacturing. It was referred to committee and never enacted, though several of its ideas foreshadowed later competitiveness legislation (America COMPETES, CHIPS and Science).
Evidence log
- 2013-11-13 — Consortia-Led Energy and Advanced Manufacturing Networks Act: cross-connection with consortia-led-energy-advanced-manufacturing-networks-act: Both propose Commerce-led, consortium- or cluster-based grant mechanisms to accelerate advanced manufacturing commercialization. (novelty: 2)
- 2006-07-19 — American Innovation and Competitiveness Act of 2006: cross-connection with american-innovation-competitiveness-act-2006: Both are 2006 Senate competitiveness bills addressing federal R&D coordination and STEM workforce; the American Innovation and Competitiveness Act focused on White House science-policy process and public communication, while the National Innovation Act proposed doubling NSF funding. (novelty: 2)
- 2006-03-08 — National Innovation Act–Commerce Provisions: cross-connection with manufacturing-extension-partnership: Both concern NIST’s role in advancing U.S. manufacturing competitiveness; the 2006 bill would have expanded Commerce/NIST regional innovation and advanced-manufacturing authorities alongside programs like MEP. (novelty: 2)