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US House Science & technology Committee introduces National Nanotechnology Initiative Amendment Act

Published: Thursday 22 January 2009

On January 15, 2009, the Chair of the US House Science and Technology Committee, Representative Bart Gordon (D-TN), introduced the National Nanotechnology Initiative Amendments Act of 2009 (H.R. 554), which is identical to H.R. 5940, which passed the 110th Congress by a vote of 407 to 6. According to a the House Science and Technology Committee website, H.R. 554 aims to ‘strengthen and provide transparency to the federal research effort to understand the potential environmental, health, and safety risks of nanotechnology. It requires the agencies participating in the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) to develop a plan for the environmental and safety research, and a roadmap for implementing it, which includes explicit near-term and long-term goals and the funding required, by goal and by agency. The bill also seeks to leverage private sector investments in nanotechnology and facilitate technology transfer by strengthening public/private partnerships.’

Follow these links to find out more about the National Nanotechnology Initiative Amendments Act of 2009, or to find out more about the bill’s history on Nanotechnology Law Blog.
 
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The National Nanotechnology Amendments Act of 2008 was introduced by Senators Daniel K. Inouye (D-HI), Chair of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, John Kerry (D-MA), Olympia Snowe (R-ME), Ted Stevens (R-AK), Mark Pryor (D-AR) and Gordon Smith (R-OR), the Act is the Senat’s version of the National Nanotechnology Initiative reauthorization bill. (16th July 2008)
 
The House and Science Committee unanimously supported H.R. 5940, the National Nanotechnology Initiative Amendments Act; the act will update and expand the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI). (8th May 2008)