America COMPETES Act: Difference between revisions

The '''America COMPETES Act''' (formally '''America Creating Opportunities to Meaningfully Promote Excellence in Technology, Education, and Science Act of 2007''')<ref>[http://science.house.gov/legislation/leg_highlights_detail.aspx?NewsID=1938 Legislative Highlights from the House Committee on Science and Technology] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527085435/http://www.science.house.gov/legislation/leg_highlights_detail.aspx?NewsID=1938 |date=2010-05-27 }}, Representative [[Bart Gordon]], Chair.</ref><ref name=":0">[http://science.house.gov/RelatedByTag.aspx?KeywordID=38 History of the America COMPETES Act] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527094918/http://science.house.gov/RelatedByTag.aspx?KeywordID=38 |date=2010-05-27 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:h.r.02272: |title=Official Text and Related Information on the America COMPETES Act of 2007 |access-date=2010-05-29 |archive-date=2010-11-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101106035524/http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:h.r.02272: |url-status=dead }}</ref> was authored by [[Bart Gordon]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://beta.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/5116?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22America+COMPETES+Act%22%5D%7D|title = H.R.5116 - 111th Congress (2009-2010): America Creating Opportunities to Meaningfully Promote Excellence in Technology, Education, and Science Reauthorization Act of 2010|date = January 4, 2011}}</ref> and signed into law on August{{Nbsp}}9, 2007, by President [[George W. Bush]]. The act aimed to invest in innovation through research and development and improve the competitiveness of the United States.<ref>[http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=110_cong_public_laws&docid=f:publ069.110.pdf H.R. 2272 as enacted into Public Law], 146 pages.</ref>