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Policy News: September 12, 2022

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16, although disagreements remain over COVID-19 funding, aid for Ukraine and energy permitting reforms proposed by Sen. biotechnology industry during a trip to Boston, MA. Congress appears likely to pass a short-term spending measure keeping the government funded through Dec. Joe Manchin (D-WV). 12, aimed at boosting the U.S.

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Special Policy News #6: The Transition

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Todd Young’s (R-IN) Endless Frontiers Act from the last Congress, Biden endorses investing $50 billion to create a new technology directorate in the National Science Foundation to fund research on topics like semiconductors and advanced computing, advanced communications technology, advanced energy technologies and biotechnology.

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Policy News: July 27, 2021

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billion for climate and clean energy-related research. This includes research about atmospheric composition, water and carbon cycles, computational modeling of climate systems, renewable energy technologies, materials sciences, and social, behavior and economic research on human responses to climate change.

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