AAAS Center for Science, Technology and Congress

Archives, 10/96 - 5/98 (html format)

October 1996  

• FY1997 Appropriations Summary and a table of science and technology related appropriations.
• Administration proposes new plan to loosen export restrictions on encryption software.
• Senate Judiciary Committee holds hearing to consider legislation reforming the Patent and Trademark Office.
• At a hearing on the global climate change negotiations, the House Commerce Committee urges the Administration to come up with a plan.

February 1997

• 105th Congress Settles In
• New House Rule Requires Disclosure of Federal Grant Funding
• From Key Escrow to Key Recovery: The Clinton Administration Issues Its Fourth Encryption Plan
• Space Summit to Tackle NASA Funding

March 1997  

• President Proposes $75.5 Billion for R&D in the FY 1998 Budget
• Gramm Introduces Bill to Double R&D Funding
• Science Committee Looks Into Delay in Russian Component of Space Station
• Domenici Proposes Biennial Budget Legislation

April 1997

• Cloning Raises Tough Policy Questions for Congress
• Balanced Budget Discussions Continue: Rep. Brown Rolls Out New Balanced Budget Plan
• The Outlook for Federal R&D to FY 2002
• PTO Reform Bill Clears Judiciary Committee
• Congress Examines EPA's Revised Air Standards

May 1997 

• Science Committee Sends Authorizing Legislation to the House Floor
• NASA Announces Delay of Space Station
• Legislative Initiatives Tackle Encryption
• Brown Budget Gathers Support
• Patent System Reform Bill Passed by House

June 1997

• FY 1998 Budget Resolution Approved
• Sensenbrenner Gives Nod to a New Plan for the LHC
• Clinton Speaks Out on Science: Anounces AIDS Vaccine Research Center
• Debate Over Air Quality Standards Intensifies

July 1997

• President's Commission Issues Cloning Recommendations
• Defense Bills Would Increase R&D Funding
• Science Committee Passes Commercial Space Bill
• GOP Leaders Seek to Ban Census Sampling
• Tax Relief Spells Trouble for Grad Students

August 1997 

• House and Senate Endorse Large Increases for Federal R&D
• Climate Change Conference Looms: Policy-Makers Struggle to Define U.S. Position
• Congress Undecided Over Data Encryption Technology Issues
• White House Endorses EPA's Clean Air Rules

October 1997

• New Plan for Next Generation Internet: Is it Too Little Too Late?
• Congress Prepares to Put Intellectual Property Treaty Into Effect
• Domestic Encryption Controls Rejected By House Panel 
• D'Amato Calls for Permanent Closure of Reactor
• El Niño Is Coming: Stormy Predictions Arouse Congressional Concern

December 1997

• 105th Congress Adjourns After Productive Year:  Science & Technology Issues Pervade First Session
• Congress Passes FY 1998 Appropriations 

February 1998

• President Announces Plan to Increase Science Funding
• Human Cloning Debate Reignites
• Tobacco Settlement May Result in Health Research Dollars
• House Kicks Off New Science Policy Study

April 1998

• International Science Education Survey Gets Mixed Reception
• Congress Considers Women in Science
• Senate Caps Space Station Funding
• Encryption Bills Gain Momentum

May 1998

• Countdown on Patient Privacy: Congress Heeds Calls for Action
• Congress Takes a Hard Look at Health Research Priority Setting
• Science Funding at the Millennial Threshold: Prospects Still Unclear
• Agriculture Research Bill Faces Budget Crunch