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Apr 22, 2021 The U.S. Congress is moving with increasing urgency on bipartisan legislation to confront China and bolster competitiveness in technology and critical manufacturing with the Senate poised to act within weeks on a package of bills. As part of the package, Senator John Cornyn, a Texas Republican, plans to push for incentives to strengthen domestic semiconductor manufacturing through his CHIPS for America legislation, according to a person familiar with the matter. The bill became law earlier this year but was never funded. President Joe Biden has called for as much as $50 ...

The Senate Armed Services Committee overwhelmingly approved a massive piece of legislation on Wednesday that aims to confront China. The bill, known as the Strategic Competition Act, passed the committee in a vote of 20 to 1, showing strong bipartisan support for anti-China policies packed into the legislation. The Strategic Competition Act seeks to confront China by prioritizing military spending, boosting arms sales to countries in the Indo-Pacific, sanctions against Chinese officials, allocating funds “to promote democracy” in Hong Kong, and other means. The original draft of the bill...

× Sen. Coons joins Majority Leader Schumer, Sen. Young in introducing bipartisan bill to bolster US global leadership and competitiveness April 21, 2021 Endless Frontier Act proposes strengthening of National Science Foundation, $100 billion for advancing strategically important science and tech R&D, and $10 billion for establishment of regional technology hubs across the country to launch new innovations, revive American manufacturing, and help lead to the creation of new jobs to jumpstart innovation communities WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) joined Senate M...

US Lawmakers Intensify Bipartisan Efforts to Counter China A bipartisan U.S. congressional push to counteract China picked up steam on Wednesday as a Senate committee overwhelmingly backed a bill pressing Beijing on human rights and economic competition and other lawmakers introduced a measure seeking billions for technology research. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee backed the “Strategic Competition Act of 2021” by 21-1, sending the bill for a vote in the 100-member Senate, even as they voiced a need to do even more to counteract Beijing. Separately, a group of Senate and ...

XR Industry Declares Inclusion of Immersive Technology in Endless Frontier Act Chief Legislative Priority for the 117th Congress News provided by Share this article Share this article WASHINGTON, April 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the XR Association (XRA) – the trade association representing the broad ecosystem that powers the virtual, augmented, and mixed reality industries – submitted for the public record a statement advocating for the inclusion of immersive technology among the ten key technologies designated by the newly reintroduced Endless Frontier Act. The bipartisan, bicamera...