Scientific Research in the National Interest Act

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R SmithSponsor

22 cosponsors · 2 D, 20 R

19 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

House Introduced Jul 29, 2015
House Passed Feb 10, 2016 236–178

The bill declares that such a determination shall be made after a research grant or cooperative agreement proposal has first satisfied the NSF's reviews for Merit and Broader Impacts.

What it does: CRS summary · Passed House amended · Feb 10, 2016

Scientific Research in the National Interest Act

(Sec. 2) This bill directs the National Science Foundation (NSF) to award federal funding for basic research and education in the sciences through a new research grant or cooperative agreement only if it makes an affirmative determination, justified in writing, that the grant or agreement promotes the progress of science in the United States, is worthy of federal funding, and meets certain other criteria.

The bill declares that such a determination shall be made after a research grant or cooperative agreement proposal has first satisfied the NSF's reviews for Merit and Broader Impacts.

Member	Party at vote	Seat	Position
Don Young	R	AK-AL	Aye
Bradley Byrne	R	AL-1	Aye
Martha Roby	R	AL-2	Aye
Mike Rogers	R	AL-3	Aye
Robert Aderholt	R	AL-4	Aye
Mo Brooks	R	AL-5	Not Voting
Gary Palmer	R	AL-6	Aye
Terri Sewell	D	AL-7	No
Rick Crawford	R	AR-1	Aye
J. Hill	R	AR-2	Aye
Steve Womack	R	AR-3	Aye
Bruce Westerman	R	AR-4	Aye
Ann Kirkpatrick	D	AZ-1	No
Martha McSally	R	AZ-2	Aye
Raúl Grijalva	D	AZ-3	No
Paul Gosar	R	AZ-4	Aye
Matt Salmon	R	AZ-5	Aye
David Schweikert	R	AZ-6	Aye
Ruben Gallego	D	AZ-7	No
Trent Franks	R	AZ-8	Aye
Kyrsten Sinema	D	AZ-9	Aye
Doug LaMalfa	R	CA-1	Aye
Jeff Denham	R	CA-10	Aye
Mark DeSaulnier	D	CA-11	No
Nancy Pelosi	D	CA-12	No
Barbara Lee	D	CA-13	No
Jackie Speier	D	CA-14	No
Eric Swalwell	D	CA-15	No
Jim Costa	D	CA-16	Aye
Mike Honda	D	CA-17	No
Anna Eshoo	D	CA-18	No
Zoe Lofgren	D	CA-19	No
Jared Huffman	D	CA-2	No
Sam Farr	D	CA-20	No
David Valadao	R	CA-21	Aye
Devin Nunes	R	CA-22	Aye
Kevin McCarthy	R	CA-23	Aye
Lois Capps	D	CA-24	No
Steve Knight	R	CA-25	Aye
Julia Brownley	D	CA-26	No
Judy Chu	D	CA-27	No
Adam Schiff	D	CA-28	No
Tony Cárdenas	D	CA-29	No
John Garamendi	D	CA-3	No
Brad Sherman	D	CA-30	No
Pete Aguilar	D	CA-31	No
Grace Napolitano	D	CA-32	No
Ted Lieu	D	CA-33	No
Xavier Becerra	D	CA-34	No
Norma Torres	D	CA-35	No
Raul Ruiz	D	CA-36	No
Karen Bass	D	CA-37	No
Linda Sánchez	D	CA-38	No
Ed Royce	R	CA-39	Aye
Tom McClintock	R	CA-4	Aye
Lucille Roybal-Allard	D	CA-40	No
Mark Takano	D	CA-41	No
Ken Calvert	R	CA-42	Aye
Maxine Waters	D	CA-43	No
Janice Hahn	D	CA-44	No
Mimi Walters	R	CA-45	Aye
Loretta Sanchez	D	CA-46	Not Voting
Alan Lowenthal	D	CA-47	No
Dana Rohrabacher	R	CA-48	Aye
Darrell Issa	R	CA-49	Aye
Mike Thompson	D	CA-5	No
Duncan Hunter	R	CA-50	Aye
Juan Vargas	D	CA-51	No
Scott Peters	D	CA-52	No
Susan Davis	D	CA-53	No
Doris Matsui	D	CA-6	No
Ami Bera	D	CA-7	No
Paul Cook	R	CA-8	Aye
Jerry McNerney	D	CA-9	No
Diana DeGette	D	CO-1	No
Jared Polis	D	CO-2	No
Scott Tipton	R	CO-3	Aye
Ken Buck	R	CO-4	Aye
Doug Lamborn	R	CO-5	Aye
Mike Coffman	R	CO-6	Aye
Ed Perlmutter	D	CO-7	No
John Larson	D	CT-1	No
Joe Courtney	D	CT-2	No
Rosa DeLauro	D	CT-3	No
Jim Himes	D	CT-4	No
Elizabeth Esty	D	CT-5	No
John Carney	D	DE-AL	No
Jeff Miller	R	FL-1	Aye
Daniel Webster	R	FL-10	Aye
Richard Nugent	R	FL-11	Aye
Gus Bilirakis	R	FL-12	Aye
David Jolly	R	FL-13	Aye
Kathy Castor	D	FL-14	No
Dennis Ross	R	FL-15	Aye
Vern Buchanan	R	FL-16	Aye
Thomas Rooney	R	FL-17	Aye
Patrick Murphy	D	FL-18	No
Curt Clawson	R	FL-19	Aye
Gwen Graham	D	FL-2	No
Alcee Hastings	D	FL-20	No
Ted Deutch	D	FL-21	No
Lois Frankel	D	FL-22	No
Debbie Wasserman Schultz	D	FL-23	No
Frederica Wilson	D	FL-24	No
Mario Diaz-Balart	R	FL-25	Aye
Carlos Curbelo	R	FL-26	No
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen	R	FL-27	No
Ted Yoho	R	FL-3	Aye
Ander Crenshaw	R	FL-4	Aye
Corrine Brown	D	FL-5	No
Ron DeSantis	R	FL-6	Aye
John Mica	R	FL-7	Aye
Bill Posey	R	FL-8	Aye
Alan Grayson	D	FL-9	Aye
Buddy Carter	R	GA-1	Aye
Jody Hice	R	GA-10	Aye
Barry Loudermilk	R	GA-11	Aye
Rick Allen	R	GA-12	Aye
David Scott	D	GA-13	No
Tom Graves	R	GA-14	Not Voting
Sanford Bishop	D	GA-2	No
Lynn Westmoreland	R	GA-3	Not Voting
Hank Johnson	D	GA-4	No
John Lewis	D	GA-5	No
Tom Price	R	GA-6	Aye
Rob Woodall	R	GA-7	Aye
Austin Scott	R	GA-8	Aye
Doug Collins	R	GA-9	Aye
Mark Takai	D	HI-1	No
Tulsi Gabbard	D	HI-2	No
Rod Blum	R	IA-1	Not Voting
David Loebsack	D	IA-2	No
David Young	R	IA-3	Aye
Steve King	R	IA-4	Aye
Raúl Labrador	R	ID-1	Aye
Mike Simpson	R	ID-2	Aye
Bobby Rush	D	IL-1	No
Bob Dold	R	IL-10	No
Bill Foster	D	IL-11	No
Mike Bost	R	IL-12	Aye
Rodney Davis	R	IL-13	Aye
Randy Hultgren	R	IL-14	Aye
John Shimkus	R	IL-15	Aye
Adam Kinzinger	R	IL-16	Aye
Cheri Bustos	D	IL-17	No
Darin LaHood	R	IL-18	Aye
Robin Kelly	D	IL-2	Not Voting
Daniel Lipinski	D	IL-3	Aye
Luis Gutiérrez	D	IL-4	No
Mike Quigley	D	IL-5	Not Voting
Peter Roskam	R	IL-6	Aye
Danny Davis	D	IL-7	No
Tammy Duckworth	D	IL-8	Not Voting
Jan Schakowsky	D	IL-9	No
Peter Visclosky	D	IN-1	No
Jackie Walorski	R	IN-2	Aye
Marlin Stutzman	R	IN-3	Aye
Todd Rokita	R	IN-4	Aye
Susan Brooks	R	IN-5	Aye
Luke Messer	R	IN-6	Aye
André Carson	D	IN-7	No
Larry Bucshon	R	IN-8	Aye
Todd Young	R	IN-9	Aye
Tim Huelskamp	R	KS-1	Aye
Lynn Jenkins	R	KS-2	Aye
Kevin Yoder	R	KS-3	Aye
Mike Pompeo	R	KS-4	Aye
Ed Whitfield	R	KY-1	Aye
Brett Guthrie	R	KY-2	Aye
John Yarmuth	D	KY-3	No
Thomas Massie	R	KY-4	Not Voting
Hal Rogers	R	KY-5	Aye
Andy Barr	R	KY-6	Aye
Steve Scalise	R	LA-1	Aye
Cedric Richmond	D	LA-2	No
Charles Boustany	R	LA-3	Aye
John Fleming	R	LA-4	Aye
Ralph Abraham	R	LA-5	Aye
Garret Graves	R	LA-6	Aye
Richard Neal	D	MA-1	No
Jim McGovern	D	MA-2	No
Niki Tsongas	D	MA-3	No
Joseph Kennedy	D	MA-4	No
Katherine Clark	D	MA-5	No
Seth Moulton	D	MA-6	No
Michael Capuano	D	MA-7	No
Stephen Lynch	D	MA-8	No
William Keating	D	MA-9	No
Andy Harris	R	MD-1	Aye
C. Ruppersberger	D	MD-2	No
John Sarbanes	D	MD-3	No
Donna Edwards	D	MD-4	No
Steny Hoyer	D	MD-5	No
John Delaney	D	MD-6	No
Elijah Cummings	D	MD-7	No
Chris Van Hollen	D	MD-8	No
Chellie Pingree	D	ME-1	No
Bruce Poliquin	R	ME-2	Aye
Dan Benishek	R	MI-1	Aye
Candice Miller	R	MI-10	Aye
Dave Trott	R	MI-11	Aye
Debbie Dingell	D	MI-12	No
John Conyers	D	MI-13	No
Brenda Lawrence	D	MI-14	No
Bill Huizenga	R	MI-2	Not Voting
Justin Amash	R	MI-3	Aye
John Moolenaar	R	MI-4	Aye
Daniel Kildee	D	MI-5	No
Fred Upton	R	MI-6	Aye
Tim Walberg	R	MI-7	Aye
Mike Bishop	R	MI-8	Aye
Sander Levin	D	MI-9	No
Timothy Walz	D	MN-1	No
John Kline	R	MN-2	Aye
Erik Paulsen	R	MN-3	Aye
Betty McCollum	D	MN-4	No
Keith Ellison	D	MN-5	No
Tom Emmer	R	MN-6	Aye
Collin Peterson	D	MN-7	Aye
Richard Nolan	D	MN-8	No
Wm. Clay	D	MO-1	No
Ann Wagner	R	MO-2	Aye
Blaine Luetkemeyer	R	MO-3	Aye
Vicky Hartzler	R	MO-4	Aye
Emanuel Cleaver	D	MO-5	No
Sam Graves	R	MO-6	Aye
Billy Long	R	MO-7	Aye
Jason Smith	R	MO-8	Aye
Trent Kelly	R	MS-1	Aye
Bennie Thompson	D	MS-2	No
Gregg Harper	R	MS-3	Aye
Steven Palazzo	R	MS-4	Aye
Ryan Zinke	R	MT-AL	Aye
G.K. Butterfield	D	NC-1	No
Patrick McHenry	R	NC-10	Aye
Mark Meadows	R	NC-11	Aye
Alma Adams	D	NC-12	No
George Holding	R	NC-13	Aye
Renee Ellmers	R	NC-2	Aye
Walter Jones	R	NC-3	Aye
David Price	D	NC-4	No
Virginia Foxx	R	NC-5	Aye
Mark Walker	R	NC-6	Aye
David Rouzer	R	NC-7	Aye
Richard Hudson	R	NC-8	Not Voting
Robert Pittenger	R	NC-9	Aye
Kevin Cramer	R	ND-AL	Aye
Jeff Fortenberry	R	NE-1	Aye
Brad Ashford	D	NE-2	Aye
Adrian Smith	R	NE-3	Aye
Frank Guinta	R	NH-1	Aye
Ann Kuster	D	NH-2	No
Donald Norcross	D	NJ-1	No
Donald Payne	D	NJ-10	No
Rodney Frelinghuysen	R	NJ-11	Aye
Bonnie Watson Coleman	D	NJ-12	No
Frank LoBiondo	R	NJ-2	Aye
Tom MacArthur	R	NJ-3	Aye
Chris Smith	R	NJ-4	Aye
Scott Garrett	R	NJ-5	Aye
Frank Pallone	D	NJ-6	No
Leonard Lance	R	NJ-7	Aye
Albio Sires	D	NJ-8	No
Bill Pascrell	D	NJ-9	No
Michelle Lujan Grisham	D	NM-1	No
Steve Pearce	R	NM-2	Aye
Ben Luján	D	NM-3	No
Dina Titus	D	NV-1	No
Mark Amodei	R	NV-2	Aye
Joseph Heck	R	NV-3	Aye
Cresent Hardy	R	NV-4	Aye
Lee Zeldin	R	NY-1	Aye
Jerrold Nadler	D	NY-10	No
Daniel Donovan	R	NY-11	Aye
Carolyn Maloney	D	NY-12	No
Charlie Rangel	D	NY-13	No
Joe Crowley	D	NY-14	No
José Serrano	D	NY-15	No
Eliot Engel	D	NY-16	No
Nita Lowey	D	NY-17	No
Sean Maloney	D	NY-18	No
Christopher Gibson	R	NY-19	Aye
Pete King	R	NY-2	Aye
Paul Tonko	D	NY-20	No
Elise Stefanik	R	NY-21	Aye
Richard Hanna	R	NY-22	No
Tom Reed	R	NY-23	Aye
John Katko	R	NY-24	Aye
Louise Slaughter	D	NY-25	No
Brian Higgins	D	NY-26	No
Chris Collins	R	NY-27	Aye
Steve Israel	D	NY-3	No
Kathleen Rice	D	NY-4	No
Gregory Meeks	D	NY-5	No
Grace Meng	D	NY-6	No
Nydia Velázquez	D	NY-7	No
Hakeem Jeffries	D	NY-8	No
Yvette Clarke	D	NY-9	No
Steve Chabot	R	OH-1	Aye
Michael Turner	R	OH-10	Aye
Marcia Fudge	D	OH-11	No
Pat Tiberi	R	OH-12	Aye
Tim Ryan	D	OH-13	No
David Joyce	R	OH-14	Aye
Steve Stivers	R	OH-15	Aye
James Renacci	R	OH-16	Aye
Brad Wenstrup	R	OH-2	Aye
Joyce Beatty	D	OH-3	No
Jim Jordan	R	OH-4	Aye
Robert Latta	R	OH-5	Aye
Bill Johnson	R	OH-6	Aye
Bob Gibbs	R	OH-7	Aye
Marcy Kaptur	D	OH-9	No
Jim Bridenstine	R	OK-1	Aye
Markwayne Mullin	R	OK-2	Not Voting
Frank Lucas	R	OK-3	Aye
Tom Cole	R	OK-4	Aye
Steve Russell	R	OK-5	Aye
Suzanne Bonamici	D	OR-1	No
Greg Walden	R	OR-2	Aye
Earl Blumenauer	D	OR-3	No
Peter DeFazio	D	OR-4	No
Kurt Schrader	D	OR-5	No
Robert Brady	D	PA-1	No
Tom Marino	R	PA-10	Aye
Lou Barletta	R	PA-11	Aye
Keith Rothfus	R	PA-12	Aye
Brendan Boyle	D	PA-13	No
Michael Doyle	D	PA-14	No
Charles Dent	R	PA-15	Aye
Joseph Pitts	R	PA-16	Aye
Matt Cartwright	D	PA-17	No
Tim Murphy	R	PA-18	Aye
Chaka Fattah	D	PA-2	No
Mike Kelly	R	PA-3	Aye
Scott Perry	R	PA-4	Aye
Glenn Thompson	R	PA-5	Aye
Ryan Costello	R	PA-6	Aye
Patrick Meehan	R	PA-7	Aye
Michael Fitzpatrick	R	PA-8	Aye
Bill Shuster	R	PA-9	Aye
David Cicilline	D	RI-1	No
Jim Langevin	D	RI-2	No
Mark Sanford	R	SC-1	Aye
Joe Wilson	R	SC-2	Aye
Jeff Duncan	R	SC-3	Aye
Trey Gowdy	R	SC-4	Not Voting
Mick Mulvaney	R	SC-5	Aye
Jim Clyburn	D	SC-6	No
Tom Rice	R	SC-7	Aye
Kristi Noem	R	SD-AL	Aye
Phil Roe	R	TN-1	Aye
Jimmy Duncan	R	TN-2	Aye
Chuck Fleischmann	R	TN-3	Aye
Scott DesJarlais	R	TN-4	Aye
Jim Cooper	D	TN-5	No
Diane Black	R	TN-6	Aye
Marsha Blackburn	R	TN-7	Aye
Stephen Fincher	R	TN-8	Not Voting
Steve Cohen	D	TN-9	No
Louie Gohmert	R	TX-1	Aye
Michael McCaul	R	TX-10	Aye
K. Conaway	R	TX-11	Aye
Kay Granger	R	TX-12	Aye
Mac Thornberry	R	TX-13	Aye
Randy Weber	R	TX-14	Aye
Rubén Hinojosa	D	TX-15	No
Beto O’Rourke	D	TX-16	No
Bill Flores	R	TX-17	Aye
Sheila Jackson Lee	D	TX-18	No
Randy Neugebauer	R	TX-19	Aye
Ted Poe	R	TX-2	Aye
Joaquin Castro	D	TX-20	Not Voting
Lamar Smith	R	TX-21	Aye
Pete Olson	R	TX-22	Aye
Will Hurd	R	TX-23	Aye
Kenny Marchant	R	TX-24	Aye
Roger Williams	R	TX-25	Aye
Michael Burgess	R	TX-26	Aye
Blake Farenthold	R	TX-27	Aye
Henry Cuellar	D	TX-28	Aye
Gene Green	D	TX-29	No
Sam Johnson	R	TX-3	Aye
Eddie Johnson	D	TX-30	No
John Carter	R	TX-31	Aye
Pete Sessions	R	TX-32	Aye
Marc Veasey	D	TX-33	No
Filemon Vela	D	TX-34	No
Lloyd Doggett	D	TX-35	No
Brian Babin	R	TX-36	Aye
John Ratcliffe	R	TX-4	Aye
Jeb Hensarling	R	TX-5	Aye
Joe Barton	R	TX-6	Aye
John Culberson	R	TX-7	Aye
Kevin Brady	R	TX-8	Aye
Al Green	D	TX-9	No
Rob Bishop	R	UT-1	Aye
Chris Stewart	R	UT-2	Aye
Jason Chaffetz	R	UT-3	Aye
Mia Love	R	UT-4	Aye
Robert Wittman	R	VA-1	Not Voting
Barbara Comstock	R	VA-10	Aye
Gerald Connolly	D	VA-11	No
Scott Rigell	R	VA-2	Aye
Bobby Scott	D	VA-3	No
J. Forbes	R	VA-4	Aye
Robert Hurt	R	VA-5	Aye
Bob Goodlatte	R	VA-6	Aye
Dave Brat	R	VA-7	Aye
Donald Beyer	D	VA-8	No
H. Griffith	R	VA-9	Aye
Peter Welch	D	VT-AL	No
Suzan DelBene	D	WA-1	No
Denny Heck	D	WA-10	No
Rick Larsen	D	WA-2	No
Jaime Herrera Beutler	R	WA-3	Not Voting
Dan Newhouse	R	WA-4	Aye
Cathy McMorris Rodgers	R	WA-5	Aye
Derek Kilmer	D	WA-6	No
Jim McDermott	D	WA-7	No
David Reichert	R	WA-8	Aye
Adam Smith	D	WA-9	Not Voting
Mark Pocan	D	WI-2	No
Ron Kind	D	WI-3	Not Voting
Gwen Moore	D	WI-4	No
F. Sensenbrenner	R	WI-5	Aye
Glenn Grothman	R	WI-6	Aye
Sean Duffy	R	WI-7	Aye
Reid Ribble	R	WI-8	Aye
David McKinley	R	WV-1	Aye
Alexander Mooney	R	WV-2	Aye
Evan Jenkins	R	WV-3	Aye
Cynthia Lummis	R	WY-AL	Aye

Scientific Research in the National Interest Act

Votes to become law

Final vote · House · Feb 10, 2016