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Senate Debate on Bill to Remake NSF – the Endless Frontier Act – Begins
By John Russell
May 18, 2021
The U.S. Senate today opened floor debate on the Endless Frontier Act which seeks to remake and expand the National Science Foundation by creating a technology directorate and shifting a portion of NSF’s focus to technology development rather than basic research. What began as a $100 billion expansion plan has been dramatically slimmed down in committee and what will eventually emerge from the debate is unclear.
The Endless Frontier Act, co-sponsored by Democrat Chuck Schumer (NY) and Republican Todd Young (IN), had a fair amount of early bipartisan support, but wrangling over the size of budget increase and over the right role for the Department of Energy in U.S. science development have reshaped the bill now being discussed. In the House of Representatives, another bill, the NSF for the Future Act, offers a smaller-scaled expansion for NSF and also includes creation of a D