12-CRS-0106 REVISED 8 FEB 2013 IEEE-USA R&D Policy Committee Update Brendan Godfrey, RDPC Vice-Chair Sandra Biedron, NPSS Liaison NPSS AdCom, 15 November /5/20141

12-CRS-0106 REVISED 8 FEB 2013 House Passes Manufacturing and Innovation Legislation Revitalize American Manufacturing and Innovation Act (RAMI) – HR 2996 –Establishes institutes across country to increase competitiveness of domestic manufacturing Reflects IEEE-USA policy, “U.S. High-Value Job Growth through Manufacturing Innovation” – 14.pdfhttp:// 14.pdf IEEE-USA also strong advocate of SBIR/STTR – 211/4/2014

12-CRS-0106 REVISED 8 FEB 2013 New policy statement on federal support of fundamental research Advocates –Stable physical sciences, engineering support –Expanded cooperation among funding agencies –Streamlined regulatory oversight of research IEEE-USA approval expected late November Balanced Fundamental Research Funding Advocated 311/5/2014 Decreasing federal support for research disproportionately hurts engineering, physical sciences

12-CRS-0106 REVISED 8 FEB 2013 Congressional Visits Day 2015 Explain importance of S&E funding, other issues to your members of Congress Receive informative briefings (Congress, OSTP, etc) Attend reception honoring Congressional advocate of S&E (this year, Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson) Details at congressional-visits-dayhttp:// congressional-visits-day 411/5/2014