Sentences with phrase «competing versions of the legislation»
The legislative sponsors of a measure designed to provide for end - of - life medication for the terminally ill have combined competing versions of the legislation into one bill, Sen. Diane Savino on Monday said at a news conference.
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The bill would be part of the Senate version of the renewal of the American COMPETES Act, bipartisan legislation that was passed in 2007 and reauthorized in 2010 and that aimed to bolster U.S. capabilities in the physical sciences.
Tomorrow, the Senate commerce and science committee is scheduled to take up its version of a COMPETES reauthorization, and the bipartisan legislation (S. 3084) contains a section devoted to regulatory relief.
Although there is no equivalent legislation pending in that body, the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation is putting the finishing touches on a new version of the America COMPETES Act, a broader bill to reauthorize programs at NSF and research at the departments of energy and commerce that could include language on NSF's oversight of major facilities.
Should the Senate bill pass, the two competing versions of reauthorization legislation will have to be reconciled through a Conference Committee process before a revised ESEA could go to the President.