Crs Report for Congress Received through the Crs Web Science and Technology Policy : Issues for the 108Th Congress, 2Nd Session Updated September 8, 2004

By Smith, Marcia S.

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Title:	Crs Report for Congress Received through the Crs Web Science and Technology Policy : Issues for the 108Th Congress, 2Nd Session Updated September 8, 2004
Author:	Smith, Marcia S.
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Language:	English
Subject:	Government publications, Legislation., Government Printing Office (U.S.)
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Summary: Science and technology have a pervasive influence over a wide range of issues confronting the nation. Decisions on how much federal funding to invest in research and development (R&D), and determining what programs have the highest priority, may have implications for homeland security, new high technology industries, government/private sector cooperation in R&D, and myriad other areas. This report provides an overview of key science and technology policy issues pending before Congress, and identifies other CRS reports that treat them in more depth. This report is updated occasionally. Many of the CRS reports cited herein are updated more frequently and should be consulted for timely information.

Table of Contents
Contents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Research and Development Budget: Policy Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 FY2005 Research and Development Budget . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Defense Research and Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Information Quality Act Implementation and Peer Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) and the President’s Management Agenda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Science and Technology Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Foreign Science and Engineering Presence in U.S. Institutions and the Labor Force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Homeland Security Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Counterterrorism R&D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Bioterrorism Countermeasures R&D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Bioagent Lab Registration and Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Public Access to Scientific Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Information Technology Management for the Department of Homeland Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Data Mining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Technology Development Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 R&D Partnerships and Intellectual Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Advanced Technology Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Prescription Drugs: Costs, Availability, and Federal R&D . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Telecommunications and Information Technology Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Broadband Internet Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Transition to Digital Television . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Spectrum Management and Wireless Technologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Networking Information Technology Research and Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Internet Privacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 E-Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Open Source Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Biomedicine Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 National Institutes of Health: Funding and Organizational Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Human Cloning and Embryonic Stem Cell Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Human Genetics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Energy Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Hydrogen Fuel and Fuel Cell Vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Reprocessing of Spent Nuclear Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 ITER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31