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Hearings Held on Science Policy Renewal Act On February 3, 1994, the Science Subcommittee of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee held a hearing on H.R.3476, the National Science and Technology Policy, Organization, and Priorities Act Amendments. The bill was introduced last November by Science Subcommittee Chair Rick Boucher (DVA); Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY, ranking minority member of the subcommittee; and George Brown (D-CA), chair of the full committee. The bill would centralize decisions about federal science and technology research. It codifies the Cabinet-level National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) established by Executive Order last November. NSTC replaces FCCSET and is intended to coordinate and integrate science, space, and technology policies throughout the federal government. NSTC will be responsible for developing national goals for federal science and technology investments and for reviewing
federal spending on research and development.* Another provision requires the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to work closely with the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) during budget development. The bill further requires the director of OMB to obtain written concurrence from the director of OSTP that federal R&D budgets conform to the President's overall science and technology priorities before OMB can transmit budget determinations to federal departments and agencies. It also elevates the OSTP director to Cabinet-level status. The Clinton administration objects to the concurrence requirement. H.R. 3476 establishes several groups to advise the President on science and technology policy. It creates the National Sciences and Technologies Assessment Panel to replace the existing National Critical Technologies Panel. It codifies the President's Committee of Advisers on Science and Technology (PCAST), which was established by Executive Order.*
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Finally, the legislation replaces the Critical Technologies Institute with the Science and Technology Policy Institute (STPI), and it transfers the new Institute from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to OSTP. STPI would provide analytical and technical support to OSTP and NSTC. The administration supports the name change but prefers that administrative responsibility remain with NSF. *For more information about NSTC and PCAST, see the January 1994 MRS Bulletin, p. 9.)
Proposed Federal Budget Targets R&D with Commercial Potential The Clinton administration's fiscal year 1995 budget reflects its efforts to direct federal science and technology spending away from space, defense, and basic research and toward the development of technologies to enhance U.S. industrial competitiveness. The largest increases for FY 1995, which begins October 1, target programs that focus on R&D with potential commercial applications.
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