National Superconductivity and Competitiveness Act of 1988

Summary

National Superconductivity and Competitiveness Act of 1987 - Directs the President, working through the National Critical Materials Council (NCMC), to establish a five-year National Federal Program on Superconductivity Research and Development (the Superconductivity Program). Sets forth the content and scope of such Program. Requires a Program plan to be presented to specified congressional committees within six months after the enactment of this Act. Directs the Chairman of NCMC to appoint, within 60 days after enactment of this Act, a National Advisory Commission on Superconductivity (Commission) to review all major policy issues regarding U.S. applications of recent research advances in superconductors. Requires the Advisory Commission to report, within six months after enactment of this Act, to the NCMC Chairman with recommendations regarding methods of enhancing the research, development, and implementation of improved superconductor technologies in all major applications. Sets forth required report contents. Terminates the Advisory Commission 60 days after submission of its report. Directs the Secretary of Energy to establish, within 60 days after enactment of this Act, an Office of Superconductivity to coordinate and direct all activities of the Department of Energy in implementing the Superconductivity Program under the Department's responsibility. Makes the Director responsible for establishing, coordinating, and directing superconductivity research and development activities in the Department and directing and coordinating the Consortia for Enabling Superconductivity Technologies. Directs the Secretary of Energy, operating primarily through the Department's National Federal Research Laboratories (NFRLs), to establish within six months one or more Consortia for Enabling Superconductivity Technologies (Consortia). Requires that each Consortium be led by an appropriate NFRL designated by the Secretary. Requires the designated lead laboratory to have appropriate university and industrial connections and demonstrable expertise in specified research. Requires each Consortium to consist, in addition to the designated lead laboratory, of appropriate industry, university, and/or other research institutions, including other NFRLs. Provides that each Consortium shall be considered a joint research and development venture. Requires the participants to share the costs of conducting such research and development. Authorizes temporary exchanges of personnel between Consortia members. Allows up to 25 percent of funds under this Act for each Consortium to be used to conduct superconductivity research and development under the discretion of the Director of the designated lead laboratory. Requires the Department of Energy's superconductivity research and development activities to focus on fundamental research, materials processing, and applications of new superconducting materials. Directs the Secretary of Energy to create a program of Industrial Fellowships to support the education and training of graduate engineers and scientists in the area of superconductivity and related academic fields. Provides that recipients shall be selected from qualified applicants seeking degrees from member institutions of the Consortia. Requires the Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) to establish within 60 days an Office of Superconductivity to coordinate and direct all NSF activities in implementing the Superconductivity Program under NSF responsibility. Makes the Administrator of such Office responsible for establishing NSF superconductivity research and development programs and for directing and coordinating the National Superconductivity Research Centers. Requires the NSF Director to establish a program of National Superconductivity Research Centers. Requires that an appropriate number of universities be selected as sites for such Centers based largely on their scientific and technical qualifications. Requires the Centers to focus efforts in the development and support, in an interdisciplinary manner, of manufacturing science and processing as it applies to superconducting materials. Requires the NSF to continue to operate primarily through individual and block-fund grants with the university community and to be responsible for maintaining an appropriate balance of such grants for support of basic and fundamental research on superconducting materials. Requires the NSF Director to establish a program of graduate fellowships to support the education and training of advanced degreed research engineers and scientists in the areas of superconductivity, manufacturing science and processing, and related academic fields. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish, within 60 days after the enactment of this Act, an Office of Superconductivity to coordinate and direct all activities of the Department of Commerce in implementing its responsibilities under the Superconductivity Program. Makes the Administrator of this Office responsible for establishing (with the Director of the National Bureau of Standards), coordinating, and directing superconductivity research and development activities in the Department. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to ensure the accelerated transfer of superconductivity technology resulting from research and development provided for in this Act and for the application of such technology by the U.S. private and public sectors. Directs the National Bureau of Standards (now the National Institute of Standards and Technology), in coordination with the Department of Energy, the NSF, and other appropriate departments and agencies, to establish and conduct a program of fundamental research and materials standards to accelerate the use and application of the new superconducting materials. Directs the President to establish a program of international cooperation in the conduct of basic research on superconducting materials, including the exchange of basic information and data and the development of international standards for the use and application of superconducting materials. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 through 1993 to carry out specified provisions of this Act.

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Timeline

1. 29 July 1987

   Introduced

   Referred to House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 29 July 1987

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 29 July 1987

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 4 August 1987

   Referred

   Referred to Subcommittee on Science, Research and Technology.

   Source: Committee

5. 7 October 1987

   Committee

   Subcommittee Hearings Held.

   Source: Committee

6. 7 July 1988

   Committee

   Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended).

   Source: Committee

7. 7 July 1988

   Committee

   Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

   Source: Committee

8. 3 August 1988

   Committee

   Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended).

   Source: Committee

9. 3 August 1988

   Committee

   Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

   Source: Committee

10. 10 August 1988

    Committee

    Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended).

    Source: Committee

11. 10 August 1988

    Committee

    Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

    Source: Committee

12. 11 August 1988

    Reported

    Ordered to be Reported (Amended).

    Source: Committee

13. 11 August 1988

    Committee

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

    Source: Committee

14. 9 September 1988

    Calendars

    Placed on Union Calendar No: 535.

    Source: Calendars

15. 9 September 1988

    Reported

    Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Report No: 100-900.

    Source: Committee

16. 9 September 1988

    Reported

    Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Report No: 100-900.

    Source: Committee

17. 20 September 1988

    Passed

    Passed House (Amended) by Voice Vote.

    Source: Floor

18. 20 September 1988

    Passed

    Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House (Amended) by Voice Vote.

    Source: Floor

19. 20 September 1988

    Floor

    Called up by House Under Suspension of Rules.

    Source: Floor

20. 22 September 1988

    Introduced

    Received in the Senate.

    Source: IntroReferral

21. 23 September 1988

    Introduced

    Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 988.

    Source: Calendars

22. 5 October 1988

    Floor

    Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.

    Source: Floor

23. 5 October 1988

    Passed

    Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.

    Source: Floor

24. 6 October 1988

    Floor

    Message on Senate action sent to the House.

    Source: Floor

25. 21 October 1988

    Vote

    House Concurred, in Senate Amendments , with Amendments by Yea-Nay Vote: 353 - 0 (Record Vote No: 457).

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

26. 21 October 1988

    Vote

    Resolving differences -- House actions: House Concurred, in Senate Amendments , with Amendments by Yea-Nay Vote: 353 - 0 (Record Vote No: 457).

    Source: NotUsed

27. 21 October 1988

    Passed

    Senate agreed to the House amendment to the Senate amendment by Voice Vote.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

28. 21 October 1988

    Passed

    Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate agreed to the House amendment to the Senate amendment by Voice Vote.

    Source: NotUsed

29. 21 October 1988

    Floor

    Message on House action received in Senate and held at desk: House amendment to Senate amendment and. House disagrees to the Senate amendment to the title.

    Source: Floor

30. 10 November 1988

    Floor

    Presented to President.

    Source: Floor

31. 10 November 1988

    President

    Presented to President.

    Source: President

32. 10 November 1988

    Floor

    Measure Signed in Senate.

    Source: Floor

33. 19 November 1988

    Became law

    Became Public Law No: 100-697.

    Source: President

34. 19 November 1988

    Became law

    Signed by President.

    Source: BecameLaw

35. 19 November 1988

    President

    Signed by President.

    Source: President

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Documents

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• Public Law (PDF)

  Public Law · EN · 20 November 1988

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• House agreed to Senate amendment with amendment

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• Passed Senate amended

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• Passed House amended

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• Reported to House with amendment(s)

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• Introduced in House

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Sponsors

• Rep. McCurdy, Dave [D-OK-4] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Schneider, Claudine [R-RI-2] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Oakar, Mary Rose [D-OH-20] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Bruce, Terry L. [D-IL-19] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. MacKay, Buddy [D-FL-6] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Brown, George E., Jr. [D-CA-42] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Edwards, Don [D-CA-10] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Bonker, Don [D-WA-3] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Packard, Ron [R-CA-48] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Mineta, Norman Y. [D-CA-15] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Morrison, Sid [R-WA-4] · R · Cosponsor
• Sen. Torricelli, Robert G. [D-NJ] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Lewis, Thomas F. [R-FL-12] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Chapman, Jim [D-TX-1] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Hamilton, Lee H. [D-IN-9] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Nowak, Henry [D-NY-33] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Perkins, Carl C. [D-KY-7] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. McMillen, Thomas [D-MD-4] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Price, David E. [D-NC-4] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Nagle, Dave R, [D-IA-3] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Hayes, James A. [D-LA-7] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Skaggs, David E. [D-CO-2] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Glickman, Dan [D-KS-4] · D · Cosponsor
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