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A Bill to Invest in Innovation and Education to Improve the Competitiveness of the United States in the Global Economy.

S. 761 — 110^th Congress (2007–2008)

Summary

America COMPETES Act or America Creating Opportunities to Meaningfully Promote Excellence in Technology, Education, and Science Act aims to encourage innovation and provide educational opportunities in areas of technology, education and science. (by CRS)

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Title

A bill to invest in innovation and education to improve the competitiveness of the United States in the global economy.

Other Titles

• America COMPETES Act
• America Creating Opportunities to Meaningfully Promote Excellence in Technology, Education, and Science Act
• American Innovation and Competitiveness Act
• PACE-Energy Act
• Protecting America's Competitive Edge Through Energy Act
• America COMPETES Act
• America Creating Opportunities to Meaningfully Promote Excellence in Technology, Education, and Science Act
• American Innovation and Competitiveness Act
• PACE-Energy Act
• Protecting America's Competitive Edge Through Energy Act

Sponsor

Harry Reid

Co-Sponsors

• Ted Stevens
• Daniel Inouye
• Amy Klobuchar
• Patrick Leahy
• Lamar Alexander
• Larry Craig
• Robert Menéndez
• Jeff Bingaman
• Susan Collins
• Richard Lugar
• Benjamin Cardin
• Edward Kennedy
• Maria Cantwell
• Barbara Boxer
• Joseph Biden
• Debbie Stabenow
• George Voinovich
• Orrin Hatch
• John Kerry
• Norm Coleman
• Ken Salazar
• Mel Martinez
• Richard Durbin
• Carl Levin
• Barbara Mikulski
• Charles Schumer
• Herbert Kohl
• Christopher Dodd
• Thomas Carper
• Robert Byrd
• Michael Enzi
• Blanche Lincoln
• Ben Nelson
• Thomas Harkin
• Thad Cochran
• Robert Bennett
• Pat Roberts
• Sherrod Brown
• Christopher Bond
• Kay Hutchison
• David Vitter
• Mark Pryor
• Hillary Clinton
• John Ensign
• Jim Bunning
• John Cornyn
• Daniel Akaka
• Joseph Lieberman
• Olympia Snowe
• Claire McCaskill
• Patty Murray
• Bill Nelson
• Lisa Murkowski
• Charles Hagel
• Mary Landrieu
• Pete Domenici
• Saxby Chambliss
• Evan Bayh
• Barack Obama
• Bob Corker
• Dianne Feinstein
• Trent Lott
• John Isakson
• Mitch McConnell
• John Rockefeller
• Tim Johnson
• John Warner
• Gordon Smith
• Frank Lautenberg

Subjects

• Science policy
• Academic performance
• Administrative procedure
• Aeronautics
• Aged
• Alternative energy sources
• Atmosphere
• Authorization
• Awards, medals, prizes
• Budgets
• Business
• Carbon cycle
• Commemorations
• Communications
• Computers
• Conferences
• Congress
• Congressional reporting requirements
• Curricula
• Department of Commerce
• Department of Energy
• Distance education
• Dropouts
• Education
• Educational accountability
• Educational statistics
• Elementary and secondary education
• Elementary education
• Energy
• Energy efficiency
• Energy research
• Engineering
• Engineers
• Executive departments
• Executive reorganization
• Federal advisory bodies
• Federal aid to education
• Federal aid to research
• Federal employees
• Fossil fuels
• Genetic research
• Government employees
• Governmental investigations
• Graduate education
• Higher education
• Industrial engineering
• Infrastructure
• International competitiveness
• Job training
• Laboratories
• Language and languages
• Law
• Manufacturing industries
• Marine resources
• Mathematics
• Nanotechnology
• National Aeronautics and Space Administration
• Natural resources
• Nuclear energy
• Nuclear energy research
• Nuclear engineering
• Oceanographic research
• Older workers
• Regulatory impact statements
• Research
• Research and development
• Research and development facilities
• Research centers
• Research grants
• Scholarships
• Scientific education
• Scientists
• Secondary education
• Space activities
• Standards
• Taxation
• Teacher education
• Teaching
• Technological innovations
• Technology
• Trade
• Transportation
• Transportation research

Related Bills

• H.R. 2272 (110^th) : America COMPETES Act
• H.R. 2272 (110^th) : America COMPETES Act
• H.R. 2272 (110^th) : America COMPETES Act
• H.R. 2272 (110^th) : America COMPETES Act

Major Actions

Introduced	3/05/2007
Amendments (80 proposed)
Passed Senate	4/25/2007

Bill History

• All Votes
• All Actions
• Amendments

	Chamber/Committee	Motion	Date	Result
select this vote	Senate	Amendment SA 906 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.	4/23/2007	PASSED by voice vote
select this vote	Senate	Amendment SA 908 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.	4/24/2007	PASSED by voice vote
select this vote	Senate	Amendment SA 940 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.	4/24/2007	PASSED by voice vote
select this vote	Senate	DeMint Amdt. No. 929	4/24/2007	This amendment PASSED the Senate 96 voted YES 0 voted NO 4 voted present/not voting
select this vote	Senate	Dodd Amdt. No. 947, As Modified	4/24/2007	This amendment PASSED the Senate 97 voted YES 0 voted NO 3 voted present/not voting
select this vote	Senate	On the Motion to Table (Motion to Table DeMint Amdt. No. 928 )	4/24/2007	This amendment PASSED the Senate 62 voted YES 35 voted NO 3 voted present/not voting
select this vote	Senate	On the Motion to Table (Motion to Table Coburn Amdt. No. 917 )	4/24/2007	This amendment PASSED the Senate 54 voted YES 43 voted NO 3 voted present/not voting
select this vote	Senate	Amendment SA 905 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.	4/25/2007	PASSED by voice vote
select this vote	Senate	Amendment SA 915 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.	4/25/2007	PASSED by voice vote
select this vote	Senate	Amendment SA 916 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.	4/25/2007	PASSED by voice vote
select this vote	Senate	Amendment SA 923 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.	4/25/2007	PASSED by voice vote
select this vote	Senate	Amendment SA 924 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.	4/25/2007	PASSED by voice vote
select this vote	Senate	Amendment SA 926 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.	4/25/2007	PASSED by voice vote
select this vote	Senate	Amendment SA 931 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.	4/25/2007	PASSED by voice vote
select this vote	Senate	Amendment SA 941 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.	4/25/2007	PASSED by voice vote
select this vote	Senate	Amendment SA 942 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.	4/25/2007	PASSED by voice vote
select this vote	Senate	Amendment SA 944 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.	4/25/2007	PASSED by voice vote
select this vote	Senate	Amendment SA 950 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.	4/25/2007	PASSED by voice vote
currently selected	Senate	Amendment SA 951 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.	4/25/2007	PASSED by voice vote
select this vote	Senate	Amendment SA 952 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.	4/25/2007	PASSED by voice vote
select this vote	Senate	Amendment SA 955 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.	4/25/2007	PASSED by voice vote
select this vote	Senate	Amendment SA 956 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.	4/25/2007	PASSED by voice vote
select this vote	Senate	Amendment SA 957 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.	4/25/2007	PASSED by voice vote
select this vote	Senate	Amendment SA 958 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.	4/25/2007	PASSED by voice vote
select this vote	Senate	Amendment SA 960 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.	4/25/2007	PASSED by voice vote
select this vote	Senate	Amendment SA 965 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.	4/25/2007	PASSED by voice vote
select this vote	Senate	Amendment SA 970 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.	4/25/2007	PASSED by voice vote
select this vote	Senate	Amendment SA 973 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.	4/25/2007	PASSED by voice vote
select this vote	Senate	Amendment SA 975 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.	4/25/2007	PASSED by voice vote
select this vote	Senate	Amendment SA 977 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.	4/25/2007	PASSED by voice vote
select this vote	Senate	Amendment SA 980 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.	4/25/2007	PASSED by voice vote
select this vote	Senate	Sununu Amdt. No. 938	4/25/2007	This amendment DID NOT PASS the Senate 24 voted YES 74 voted NO 2 voted present/not voting
select this vote	Senate	DeMint Amdt. No. 930	4/25/2007	This amendment DID NOT PASS the Senate 22 voted YES 71 voted NO 7 voted present/not voting
select this vote	Senate	Coburn Amdt. No. 918	4/25/2007	This amendment DID NOT PASS the Senate 27 voted YES 67 voted NO 6 voted present/not voting
select this vote	Senate	Coburn Amdt. No. 921	4/25/2007	This amendment DID NOT PASS the Senate 39 voted YES 57 voted NO 4 voted present/not voting
select this vote	Senate	Coburn Amdt. No. 922	4/25/2007	This amendment PASSED the Senate 82 voted YES 14 voted NO 4 voted present/not voting
select this vote	Senate	On Passage - Senate - S. 761 As Amended	4/25/2007	This bill PASSED the Senate 88 voted YES 8 voted NO 4 voted present/not voting

	Action	Date	Description
	Introduced	3/05/2007
		3/05/2007	Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
	Put on a legislative calendar	3/06/2007	Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 70.
		3/08/2007	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2889-2890)
		4/20/2007	Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
		4/23/2007	Amendment SA 904 proposed by Senator Bingaman.
		4/23/2007	Proposed amendment SA 904 withdrawn in Senate.
		4/23/2007	Amendment SA 906 proposed by Senator Inouye.
select this vote	Vote	4/23/2007	Amendment SA 906 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
		4/23/2007	Amendment SA 908 proposed by Senator Bingaman.
		4/23/2007	Considered by Senate.
		4/24/2007	Amendment SA 947 proposed by Senator Bingaman for Senator Dodd to Amendment SA 928.
		4/24/2007	Amendment SA 947 was modified to be a first degree amendment by Unanimous Consent.
		4/24/2007	Amendment SA 902 proposed by Senator Cornyn.
		4/24/2007	Proposed amendment SA 902 withdrawn in Senate.
		4/24/2007	Considered by Senate.
select this vote	Vote	4/24/2007	Amendment SA 908 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
		4/24/2007	Amendment SA 917 proposed by Senator Coburn.
		4/24/2007	Amendment SA 928 proposed by Senator DeMint.
		4/24/2007	Amendment SA 929 proposed by Senator DeMint.
		4/24/2007	Amendment SA 936 proposed by Senator Bingaman for Senator Sanders.
		4/24/2007	Amendment SA 938 proposed by Senator Bingaman for Senator Sununu.
		4/24/2007	Considered by Senate.
		4/24/2007	Amendment SA 940 proposed by Senator Kennedy.
select this vote	Vote	4/24/2007	Amendment SA 940 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
		4/24/2007	Amendment SA 947 proposed by Senator Bingaman for Senator Dodd.
select this vote	Vote	4/24/2007	DeMint Amdt. No. 929
select this vote	Vote	4/24/2007	Dodd Amdt. No. 947, As Modified
select this vote	Vote	4/24/2007	On the Motion to Table (Motion to Table DeMint Amdt. No. 928 )
select this vote	Vote	4/24/2007	On the Motion to Table (Motion to Table Coburn Amdt. No. 917 )
		4/25/2007	Amendment SA 905 proposed by Senator Bingaman for Senator Obama.
select this vote	Vote	4/25/2007	Amendment SA 905 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
		4/25/2007	Amendment SA 914 proposed by Senator Grassley.
		4/25/2007	Proposed amendment SA 914 withdrawn in Senate.
		4/25/2007	Amendment SA 915 proposed by Senator Bingaman for Senator Grassley.
select this vote	Vote	4/25/2007	Amendment SA 915 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
		4/25/2007	Amendment SA 916 proposed by Senator Bingaman for Senator Grassley.
select this vote	Vote	4/25/2007	Amendment SA 916 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
		4/25/2007	Amendment SA 918 proposed by Senator Coburn.
		4/25/2007	Amendment SA 921 proposed by Senator Coburn.
		4/25/2007	Amendment SA 922 proposed by Senator Coburn.
		4/25/2007	Amendment SA 923 proposed by Senator Bingaman for Senator Obama.
select this vote	Vote	4/25/2007	Amendment SA 923 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
		4/25/2007	Considered by Senate.
		4/25/2007	Amendment SA 924 proposed by Senator Bingaman for Senator Obama.
select this vote	Vote	4/25/2007	Amendment SA 924 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
		4/25/2007	Amendment SA 926 proposed by Senator Bingaman for Senator Menendez.
select this vote	Vote	4/25/2007	Amendment SA 926 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
		4/25/2007	Amendment SA 930 proposed by Senator DeMint.
		4/25/2007	Amendment SA 931 proposed by Senator Bingaman for Senator McCaskill.
select this vote	Vote	4/25/2007	Amendment SA 931 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
		4/25/2007	Considered by Senate.
		4/25/2007	Proposed amendment SA 936 withdrawn in Senate.
		4/25/2007	Considered by Senate.
		4/25/2007	Amendment SA 941 proposed by Senator Bingaman for Senator Snowe.
select this vote	Vote	4/25/2007	Amendment SA 941 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
		4/25/2007	Amendment SA 942 proposed by Senator Kohl.
select this vote	Vote	4/25/2007	Amendment SA 942 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
		4/25/2007	Amendment SA 944 proposed by Senator Bingaman for Senator Coleman.
select this vote	Vote	4/25/2007	Amendment SA 944 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
		4/25/2007	Amendment SA 950 proposed by Senator Bingaman for Senator Baucus.
select this vote	Vote	4/25/2007	Amendment SA 950 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
		4/25/2007	Amendment SA 951 proposed by Senator Bingaman for Senator Baucus.
currently selected	Vote	4/25/2007	Amendment SA 951 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
		4/25/2007	Amendment SA 952 proposed by Senator Bingaman for Senator Baucus.
select this vote	Vote	4/25/2007	Amendment SA 952 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
		4/25/2007	Amendment SA 955 proposed by Senator Inhofe.
select this vote	Vote	4/25/2007	Amendment SA 955 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
		4/25/2007	Amendment SA 956 proposed by Senator Bingaman for Senator Crapo. (consideration: CR S5064: text: CR S5064)
select this vote	Vote	4/25/2007	Amendment SA 956 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
		4/25/2007	Amendment SA 957 proposed by Senator Bingaman for Senator Hatch.
select this vote	Vote	4/25/2007	Amendment SA 957 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
		4/25/2007	Amendment SA 958 proposed by Senator Bingaman for Senator Dorgan.
select this vote	Vote	4/25/2007	Amendment SA 958 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
		4/25/2007	Amendment SA 960 proposed by Senator Bingaman for Senator Levin.
select this vote	Vote	4/25/2007	Amendment SA 960 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
		4/25/2007	Amendment SA 965 proposed by Senator Bingaman for Senator Murray.
select this vote	Vote	4/25/2007	Amendment SA 965 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
		4/25/2007	Amendment SA 970 proposed by Senator Bingaman for Senator Feingold.
select this vote	Vote	4/25/2007	Amendment SA 970 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
		4/25/2007	Amendment SA 973 proposed by Senator Bingaman for Senator Snowe.
select this vote	Vote	4/25/2007	Amendment SA 973 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
		4/25/2007	Amendment SA 975 proposed by Senator Bingaman for Senator Landrieu.
select this vote	Vote	4/25/2007	Amendment SA 975 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
		4/25/2007	Amendment SA 977 proposed by Senator Bingaman for Senator Murray.
select this vote	Vote	4/25/2007	Amendment SA 977 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
		4/25/2007	Amendment SA 980 proposed by Senator Bingaman for Senator Alexander.
select this vote	Vote	4/25/2007	Amendment SA 980 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
select this vote	Vote	4/25/2007	Sununu Amdt. No. 938
select this vote	Vote	4/25/2007	DeMint Amdt. No. 930
select this vote	Vote	4/25/2007	Coburn Amdt. No. 918
select this vote	Vote	4/25/2007	Coburn Amdt. No. 921
select this vote	Vote	4/25/2007	Coburn Amdt. No. 922
select this vote	Senate Vote on Passage	4/25/2007	On Passage - Senate - S. 761 As Amended
		4/30/2007	Message on Senate action sent to the House.
		5/01/2007	Received in the House.
		5/01/2007	Held at the desk.
		7/19/2007	Senate incorporated this measure in H.R. 2272 as an amendment.
		7/19/2007	See also H.R. 2272.

	Number	Sponsor	Date Offered	Status
	S. Amdt. 902	Cornyn, John [R-TX]	April 20, 2007	Withdrawn on April 23, 2007.
	To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to increase competitiveness in the United States. Show amendment details
	S. Amdt. 903	Grassley, Charles [R-IA]	April 23, 2007	Offered on April 22, 2007.
	Amendment information not available. Show amendment details
	S. Amdt. 904	Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM]	April 23, 2007	Withdrawn on April 22, 2007.
	To strike the NIST working capital fund provision. Show amendment details
select this vote	S. Amdt. 905	Obama, Barack [D-IL]	April 23, 2007	Passed by voice vote on April 24, 2007.
	To require the Director of Mathematics, Science, and Engineering Education to establish a program to recruit and provide mentors for women and underrepresented minorities who are interested in careers in mathematics, science, and engineering. Show amendment details
select this vote	S. Amdt. 906	Inouye, Daniel [D-HI]	April 23, 2007	Passed by voice vote on April 22, 2007.
	To strike the provisions regarding the working capital fund and to amend certain provisions regarding the National Science Foundation. Show amendment details
	S. Amdt. 907	Obama, Barack [D-IL]	April 23, 2007	Offered on April 22, 2007.
	Amendment information not available. Show amendment details
select this vote	S. Amdt. 908	Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM]	April 23, 2007	Passed by voice vote on April 23, 2007.
	To improve the bill. Show amendment details
	S. Amdt. 909	Gregg, Judd [R-NH]	April 23, 2007	Offered on April 22, 2007.
	Amendment information not available. Show amendment details
	S. Amdt. 910	Gregg, Judd [R-NH]	April 23, 2007	Offered on April 22, 2007.
	Amendment information not available. Show amendment details
	S. Amdt. 911	Snowe, Olympia [R-ME]	April 23, 2007	Offered on April 22, 2007.
	Amendment information not available. Show amendment details
	S. Amdt. 912	Durbin, Richard [D-IL]	April 23, 2007	Offered on April 22, 2007.
	Amendment information not available. Show amendment details
	S. Amdt. 913	Dorgan, Byron [D-ND]	April 24, 2007	Offered on April 23, 2007.
	Amendment information not available. Show amendment details
	S. Amdt. 914	Grassley, Charles [R-IA]	April 24, 2007	Withdrawn on April 24, 2007.
	To increase the fee to be paid by employers of H-1B nonimmigrants and to set aside 25 percent of such fees to improve programs and projects for gifted and talented students. Show amendment details
select this vote	S. Amdt. 915	Grassley, Charles [R-IA]	April 24, 2007	Passed by voice vote on April 24, 2007.
	To modify provisions relating to the advanced placement and international baccalaureate program. Show amendment details
select this vote	S. Amdt. 916	Grassley, Charles [R-IA]	April 24, 2007	Passed by voice vote on April 24, 2007.
	To modify provisions relating to the summer institutes program. Show amendment details
select this vote	S. Amdt. 917	Coburn, Thomas [R-OK]	April 24, 2007	Failed by roll call vote on April 23, 2007.
	To express the sense of the Senate that Congress has a moral obligation to offset the cost of new Government programs and initiatives. Show amendment details
select this vote	S. Amdt. 918	Coburn, Thomas [R-OK]	April 24, 2007	Failed by roll call vote on April 24, 2007.
	To provide a sunset date. Show amendment details
	S. Amdt. 919	Coburn, Thomas [R-OK]	April 24, 2007	Offered on April 23, 2007.
	Amendment information not available. Show amendment details
	S. Amdt. 920	Coburn, Thomas [R-OK]	April 24, 2007	Offered on April 23, 2007.
	Amendment information not available. Show amendment details
select this vote	S. Amdt. 921	Coburn, Thomas [R-OK]	April 24, 2007	Failed by roll call vote on April 24, 2007.
	To discontinue the Advanced Technology Program of the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Show amendment details
select this vote	S. Amdt. 922	Coburn, Thomas [R-OK]	April 24, 2007	Passed by roll call vote on April 24, 2007.
	To promote transparency at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Show amendment details
select this vote	S. Amdt. 923	Obama, Barack [D-IL]	April 24, 2007	Passed by voice vote on April 24, 2007.
	To expand the pipeline of individuals entering the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields to support United States innovation and competitiveness. Show amendment details
select this vote	S. Amdt. 924	Obama, Barack [D-IL]	April 24, 2007	Passed by voice vote on April 24, 2007.
	To establish summer term education programs. Show amendment details
	S. Amdt. 925	Kerry, John [D-MA]	April 24, 2007	Offered on April 23, 2007.
	Amendment information not available. Show amendment details
select this vote	S. Amdt. 926	Menéndez, Robert [D-NJ]	April 24, 2007	Passed by voice vote on April 24, 2007.
	To establish a laboratory science pilot program at the National Science Foundation. Show amendment details
	S. Amdt. 927	Kerry, John [D-MA]	April 24, 2007	Offered on April 23, 2007.
	Amendment information not available. Show amendment details
select this vote	S. Amdt. 928	DeMint, Jim [R-SC]	April 24, 2007	Failed by roll call vote on April 23, 2007.
	To amend the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, with respect to smaller public company options regarding internal controls. Show amendment details
select this vote	S. Amdt. 929	DeMint, Jim [R-SC]	April 24, 2007	Passed by roll call vote on April 23, 2007.
	To require the study on barriers to innovation to include an examination of the impact of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 on innovation. Show amendment details
select this vote	S. Amdt. 930	DeMint, Jim [R-SC]	April 24, 2007	Failed by roll call vote on April 24, 2007.
	To prohibit congressional earmarks of funds appropriated pursuant to authorizations in the bill. Show amendment details
select this vote	S. Amdt. 931	McCaskill, Claire [D-MO]	April 24, 2007	Passed by voice vote on April 24, 2007.
	To provide for a review by the Comptroller General of the activities, grants, and programs carried out under the Act, and for other purposes. Show amendment details
	S. Amdt. 932	McCaskill, Claire [D-MO]	April 24, 2007	Offered on April 23, 2007.
	Amendment information not available. Show amendment details
	S. Amdt. 933	Dodd, Christopher [D-CT]	April 24, 2007	Offered on April 23, 2007.
	Amendment information not available. Show amendment details
	S. Amdt. 934	Coburn, Thomas [R-OK]	April 24, 2007	Offered on April 23, 2007.
	Amendment information not available. Show amendment details
	S. Amdt. 935	Voinovich, George [R-OH]	April 24, 2007	Offered on April 23, 2007.
	Amendment information not available. Show amendment details
	S. Amdt. 936	Sanders, Bernard [I-VT]	April 24, 2007	Withdrawn on April 24, 2007.
	To increase the competitiveness of American workers through the expansion of employee ownership, and for other purposes. Show amendment details
	S. Amdt. 937	Sununu, John [R-NH]	April 24, 2007	Offered on April 23, 2007.
	Amendment information not available. Show amendment details
select this vote	S. Amdt. 938	Sununu, John [R-NH]	April 24, 2007	Failed by roll call vote on April 24, 2007.
	To strike the provisions regarding strengthening the education and human resources directorate of the National Science Foundation. Show amendment details
	S. Amdt. 939	Sununu, John [R-NH]	April 24, 2007	Offered on April 23, 2007.
	Amendment information not available. Show amendment details
select this vote	S. Amdt. 940	Kennedy, Edward [D-MA]	April 24, 2007	Passed by voice vote on April 23, 2007.
	To improve the bill. Show amendment details
select this vote	S. Amdt. 941	Snowe, Olympia [R-ME]	April 24, 2007	Passed by voice vote on April 24, 2007.
	To clarify the types of expenses available to Regional Centers under the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership program in meeting their non-Federal funding commitment, and for other purposes. Show amendment details
select this vote	S. Amdt. 942	Kohl, Herbert [D-WI]	April 24, 2007	Passed by voice vote on April 24, 2007.
	To increase the amounts authorized to be appropriated for the Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program. Show amendment details
	S. Amdt. 943	Inhofe, James [R-OK]	April 24, 2007	Offered on April 23, 2007.
	Amendment information not available. Show amendment details
select this vote	S. Amdt. 944	Coleman, Norm [R-MN]	April 24, 2007	Passed by voice vote on April 24, 2007.
	To provide for mathematics and science partnership bonus grants. Show amendment details
	S. Amdt. 945	Wyden, Ron [D-OR]	April 24, 2007	Offered on April 23, 2007.
	Amendment information not available. Show amendment details
	S. Amdt. 946	Coleman, Norm [R-MN]	April 24, 2007	Offered on April 23, 2007.
	Amendment information not available. Show amendment details
select this vote	S. Amdt. 947	Dodd, Christopher [D-CT]	April 24, 2007	Passed by roll call vote on April 23, 2007.
	To express the sense of the Senate with respect to small business growth and capital markets. Show amendment details
	S. Amdt. 948	Pryor, Mark [D-AR]	April 24, 2007	Offered on April 23, 2007.
	Amendment information not available. Show amendment details
	S. Amdt. 949	Durbin, Richard [D-IL]	April 24, 2007	Offered on April 23, 2007.
	Amendment information not available. Show amendment details
select this vote	S. Amdt. 950	Baucus, Max [D-MT]	April 24, 2007	Passed by voice vote on April 24, 2007.
	To provide that 21st century learning skills are included in the alignment of education programs. Show amendment details
currently selected	S. Amdt. 951	Baucus, Max [D-MT]	April 24, 2007	Passed by voice vote on April 25, 2007.
	To allow distance learning projects as an optional activity for the foreign language partnership program. Actions April 25, 2007, 12:00 am ET - Amendment SA 951 proposed by Senator Bingaman for Senator Baucus. April 25, 2007, 12:00 am ET - Amendment SA 951 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. Full Text of this Amendment SA 951. Mr. BAUCUS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 761, to invest in innovation and education to improve the competitiveness of the United States in the global economy; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: On page 153, between lines 12 and 13, insert the following: (M) distance learning projects for critical foreign language learning. (As printed in the Congressional Record for the Senate on Apr 24, 2007.)
select this vote	S. Amdt. 952	Baucus, Max [D-MT]	April 24, 2007	Passed by voice vote on April 25, 2007.
	To require the Secretary of Commerce to collect data and conduct a study relating to export and import of services. Show amendment details
	S. Amdt. 953	Baucus, Max [D-MT]	April 24, 2007	Offered on April 24, 2007.
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	S. Amdt. 954	Baucus, Max [D-MT]	April 24, 2007	Offered on April 24, 2007.
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select this vote	S. Amdt. 955	Inhofe, James [R-OK]	April 24, 2007	Passed by voice vote on April 25, 2007.
	To protect American competitiveness. Show amendment details
select this vote	S. Amdt. 956	Crapo, Michael [R-ID]	April 24, 2007	Passed by voice vote on April 25, 2007.
	To express the sense of the Senate regarding concerns that United States capital markets are losing their competitive edge in intensifying global competition, and to recommend that Congress and the Administration take the necessary steps to reclaim the preeminent position of the United States in the global financial services marketplace. Show amendment details
select this vote	S. Amdt. 957	Hatch, Orrin [R-UT]	April 24, 2007	Passed by voice vote on April 25, 2007.
	To improve the provisions relating to eligible recipients in a program designed to prepare teachers for a competitive tomorrow. Show amendment details
select this vote	S. Amdt. 958	Dorgan, Byron [D-ND]	April 24, 2007	Passed by voice vote on April 25, 2007.
	To provide for a feasibility study with regard to a free online college degree program. Show amendment details
	S. Amdt. 959	Nelson, Bill [D-FL]	April 24, 2007	Offered on April 24, 2007.
	Amendment information not available. Show amendment details
select this vote	S. Amdt. 960	Levin, Carl [D-MI]	April 24, 2007	Passed by voice vote on April 25, 2007.
	To include the Great Lakes in research, development, and science education programs of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Show amendment details
	S. Amdt. 961	Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]	April 24, 2007	Offered on April 24, 2007.
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	S. Amdt. 962	Sanders, Bernard [I-VT]	April 24, 2007	Offered on April 24, 2007.
	Amendment information not available. Show amendment details
	S. Amdt. 963	Durbin, Richard [D-IL]	April 24, 2007	Offered on April 24, 2007.
	Amendment information not available. Show amendment details
	S. Amdt. 964	Pryor, Mark [D-AR]	April 24, 2007	Offered on April 24, 2007.
	Amendment information not available. Show amendment details
select this vote	S. Amdt. 965	Murray, Patty [D-WA]	April 25, 2007	Passed by voice vote on April 25, 2007.
	To improve mathematics instruction. Show amendment details
	S. Amdt. 966	Pryor, Mark [D-AR]	April 25, 2007	Offered on April 25, 2007.
	Amendment information not available. Show amendment details
	S. Amdt. 967	Chambliss, Saxby [R-GA]	April 25, 2007	Offered on April 25, 2007.
	Amendment information not available. Show amendment details
	S. Amdt. 968	Coleman, Norm [R-MN]	April 25, 2007	Offered on April 25, 2007.
	Amendment information not available. Show amendment details
	S. Amdt. 969	Levin, Carl [D-MI]	April 25, 2007	Offered on April 25, 2007.
	Amendment information not available. Show amendment details
select this vote	S. Amdt. 970	Feingold, Russell [D-WI]	April 25, 2007	Passed by voice vote on April 25, 2007.
	To amend the data privacy provisions regarding statewide P-16 education data systems. Show amendment details
	S. Amdt. 971	Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]	April 25, 2007	Offered on April 25, 2007.
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	S. Amdt. 972	Bayh, Evan [D-IN]	April 25, 2007	Offered on April 25, 2007.
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select this vote	S. Amdt. 973	Snowe, Olympia [R-ME]	April 25, 2007	Passed by voice vote on April 25, 2007.
	To include the Administrator of the Small Business Administration on the President's Council on Innovation and Competitiveness. Show amendment details
	S. Amdt. 974	Landrieu, Mary [D-LA]	April 25, 2007	Offered on April 25, 2007.
	Amendment information not available. Show amendment details
select this vote	S. Amdt. 975	Landrieu, Mary [D-LA]	April 25, 2007	Passed by voice vote on April 25, 2007.
	To require the Secretary of Energy, acting through the Director of Mathematics, Science, and Engineering Education, to provide grants to States to assist the States in establishing or expanding programs to enhance the quality of science education in elementary schools with respect to conventional and emerging energy sources and uses. Show amendment details
	S. Amdt. 976	Warner, John [R-VA]	April 25, 2007	Offered on April 25, 2007.
	Amendment information not available. Show amendment details
select this vote	S. Amdt. 977	Murray, Patty [D-WA]	April 25, 2007	Passed by voice vote on April 25, 2007.
	To encourage members of the Armed Forces to participate in programs for master's degrees in mathematics, science, or critical foreign languages education. Show amendment details
	S. Amdt. 978	Coleman, Norm [R-MN]	April 25, 2007	Offered on April 25, 2007.
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	S. Amdt. 979	Kennedy, Edward [D-MA]	April 25, 2007	Offered on April 25, 2007.
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select this vote	S. Amdt. 980	Alexander, Lamar [R-TN]	April 25, 2007	Passed by voice vote on April 25, 2007.
	To express the sense of the Senate regarding policies related to demand export control. Show amendment details
	S. Amdt. 981	Lautenberg, Frank [D-NJ]	April 25, 2007	Offered on April 25, 2007.
	Amendment information not available. Show amendment details