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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.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 3293 as passed House amended on Feb 10, 2016. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.
Feb 10, 2016Each bar: ✓ Yea from the bottom, ✕ Nay aboveFeb 10, 2016
House Feb 10, 2016 · the primary vote
Scientific Research in the National Interest Act
Passed
236 Yea 178 Nay 19 not voting
Party-line vote 11 of 414 voting members broke with their own party: 7 Democrats, 4 Republicans.
DemocratsRepublicansFilled: YeaRing: NayGrey: not voting or present
433 members on this roll call, from the official House record. Party majorities need at least five voting members, so an independent never counts as breaking with a party.
Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.R. 3293 and vote against it. 19 signed when it was filed.
Organizations that named H.R. 3293 in a lobbying disclosure. Only those that cited the bill by number appear, so this is a floor, not a full list.
25 disclosures name this measure. Retrieved from LDA.gov on 2026-10-05. Senate Office of Public Records cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from LDA.gov.