House Science Committee Members Introduce Two DoE Partnership Bills

The second legislation, the DoE and NSF Interagency Research Act – sponsored by Research and Technology Subcommittee Ranking Member Haley Stevens, D-Mich., and cosponsored by Rep. Jim Baird, R-Ind. – would support the existing partnership between the DoE and NSF to help them work on a wide range of research topics, like physics, quantum information sciences, artificial intelligence, advanced manufacturing, and workforce and education development.

The bill would also enhance the DoE and NSF’s capabilities to maximize their impacts by leveraging each other’s investments in research and development.

“These two agencies are absolutely critical to ensuring our national competitiveness both today and for the decades to come,” Rep. Stevens said. “This bill further strengthens the legislative foundation we secured with the landmark CHIPS and Science Act last summer. Ensuring our premiere science are able to foster a collaborative research environment is critical to supporting our overall R&D enterprise, and this bill will do just that.”