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Version 00 · Introduced in House · May 19, 2004
Technology Administration and National Institute of Standards and Technology Act of 2004 - Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of Commerce for the: (1) Under Secretary for Technology and the Office of Technology Policy's activities; (2) National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) scientific and technical research and services laboratories activities; (3) Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award program; (4) NIST facilities construction and maintenance; (5) NIST industrial technology services; (6) Teacher Science and Technology Enhancement Institute program; and (7) NIST under the Enterprise Integration Act of 2002.
Requires: (1) the Director of NIST to carry out a Standards Education program to award competitive, merit-reviewed grants to institutions of higher education to support their efforts to develop curricula on the role of standards in the fields of engineering, business, science, and economics.
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Rep. Udall, Mark [D-CO-2] · D–CO
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment, Technology, and Standards.
Referred to the House Committee on Science.
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E915)
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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