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The National Defense Authorization Act is a United States federal statute enacted each year to specify the budget and expenditures of the Department of Defense. The NDAA identifies which agencies are responsible for national defense, provides funding for those agencies and includes instructions on proper use of the funds. less -

National Science and Technology Council’s PFAS R&D Strategy Plan Highlights Substantial Deficiencies

Goldberg Segalla on 9/13/2024

Recently, as part of the Joint Subcommittee on Environment, Innovation, and Public Health, the PFAS Strategy Team of the National Science and Technology Council released a report titled the “Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl...more

Advancing Military Mental Health

Husch Blackwell LLP on 2/6/2024

Research into psychedelic-assisted therapy receives funding in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024. In an epoch marked by rapid innovation in mental health treatments, a paradigm shift is on the...more

Defending Psychedelics: Congress Includes Psychedelic Provisions in Defense Authorization Act

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 1/4/2024

We told you it may be coming, though we were admittedly cynical about the ability to pass a bill funding psychedelic research given the current political landscape — a narrowly controlled Democratic Senate that is generally...more

FY24 National Defense Authorization Act Provisions Aim to Increase Artificial Intelligence Research, Development, and Contracting...

K&L Gates LLP on 9/11/2023

Overview - Artificial intelligence (AI) is at the forefront of political discourse, renewing bipartisan support for the United States’ global technological edge. As Congress and the Department of Defense (DOD) seek to...more

Regulating AI: An Overview of Federal Efforts

Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C. on 8/2/2023

This first part of a two-part series on U.S. regulation of artificial intelligence systems provides an overview and modern context for the existing regulatory, legal and risk management landscape for AI systems in the U.S.,...more

Sweeping Appropriations Act of 2023 Makes Unprecedented Investments in AI

Perkins Coie on 1/19/2023

Perhaps missed over the holidays, the mammoth $1.7 trillion Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 (the Act) was signed into law by President Biden on December 29, 2022. It includes record levels of funding for a wide range...more

The CHIPS and Sciences ACT of 2022 - The Impact on China

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 9/20/2022

The CHIPS and Sciences Act of 2022 (the “Act”) was passed by the U.S. Congress on July 27, 2022 and signed into law by President Biden on August 9 of the same year. The Act is an effort to increase semiconductor manufacturing...more

CHIPS Act: What Companies Need to Know

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 8/30/2022

On August 9, 2022, President Biden signed into law the highly anticipated CHIPS Act of 2022 (the “CHIPS Act”). Presented as being crucial to ensuring U.S. leadership in global chip production and technical capability against...more

The CHIPS Plus Act Promises Support and Incentives for Semiconductor Manufacturing in the United States

King & Spalding on 8/12/2022

On August 9, 2022, President Joseph R. Biden signed the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 (the “CHIPS Plus Act”). As enacted, the CHIPS Plus Act amends legislation and appropriates funding for semiconductor incentives originally...more

The U.S. Aims to Boost Semiconductor Production with the CHIPS Act

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP on 8/10/2022

This week, President Biden will be presented with an approved form of H.R. 4346, the CHIPS for America Act of 2022, which is designed to provide over $50 billion in appropriations aimed at driving massive industrial growth...more

Biden Administration Issues 100-Day Supply Chain Report

King & Spalding on 6/14/2021

Industry-Specific Primer – Semiconductor Manufacturing And Advanced Packaging - On June 8, 2021, the Biden Administration issued the reports mandated by the Executive Order on America’s Supply Chains (the “America’s Supply...more

NSCAI Recommends $40 Billion Investment in Artificial Intelligence, R&D and Innovation

McGuireWoods LLP on 4/15/2021

Congress stood-up the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence (NSCAI) to make recommendations to the President and Congress “to advance the development of artificial intelligence [AI], machine learning, and...more

Sustainable Chemistry Research and Development Act Passed as Part of National Defense Authorization Act

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. on 1/21/2021

On December 28, 2020, the House overrode President Trump’s veto and passed the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (H.R. 6395) by a vote of 322 to 87, and the Senate passed the bill on January 1, 2021, by...more

U.S. Senators Vote Against Deputy Secretary Of Energy Nominee and other Biobased Developments

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. on 8/10/2020

Federal - U.S. Senators Vote Against Deputy Secretary Of Energy Nominee - On August 4, 2020, U.S. Senators Joni Ernst (R-IA) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) voted against Mark Menezes, who is nominated to become Deputy...more

U.S. Senate Passes The Sustainable Chemistry Research And Development Act

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. on 8/7/2020

On July 23, 2020, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) was passed by the U.S. Senate; it includes the bipartisan Sustainable Chemistry Research and Development Act of 2019, led by U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-DE) and...more

The Week in Weed: July 2020 #4

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 7/24/2020

BALLOT INITIATIVES - We’ll start in Arizona, where officials began verifying signatures this week. Polls show legalization is much more popular now than it was in 2016, when a legalization initiative was defeated. Not...more

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 Passes Out of Committee for Consideration by Full Senate

Stinson - Government Contracting Matters on 7/9/2020

Preparing the defense budget is not an easy thing. Typically, the goal is to have the bills passed by the House and Senate, and then to go into conference to resolve differences and develop a single bill that can pass through...more

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 Bill Passes Out of Committee for Consideration by Full Senate

Stinson LLP on 7/9/2020

House Version Still in Committee - Preparing the defense budget is not an easy thing. Typically, the goal is to have the bills passed by the House and Senate, and then to go into conference to resolve differences and...more

Artificial Intelligence Legislative Updates

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 6/25/2019

Last week, the Trump administration and Congress took additional steps to speed up the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) initiatives, increase collaboration with private industry and examine potential applications of...more

2019 NDAA Analysis: Changes Affecting Small Businesses and the SBIR Program

Holland & Knight LLP on 1/23/2019

This is the first blog post in a series analyzing the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) as signed into law on August 13, 2018. Stay tuned for more blog posts covering additional topics in the near future from...more

New Government Regulation of Emerging Technology

Dechert LLP on 11/19/2018

The U.S. Government has instituted a major new initiative to regulate emerging technology, potentially including artificial intelligence, biotechnology, robotics, data analytics and many other types of emerging technology,...more

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