American Innovation and Competitiveness Act

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American Innovation and Competitiveness Act of 2017
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Acronyms (colloquial)AICA
NicknamesAmerican Innovation and Competitiveness Act
Enacted bythe 114th United States Congress
Citations
Public law Pub. L.   114–329 (text) (PDF)
Legislative history

The American Innovation and Competitiveness Act (AICA) is a United States federal law enacted in 2017 by President Barack Obama that aims to invest in cybersecurity and cryptography research. The legislation was initially introduced in the Senate by Cory Gardner (R-CO) and Gary Peters (D-MI). [1] The legislation serves as a reauthorization of the 2010 America COMPETES Act that expired in 2013. [2]

Contents

The legislation updates instructions to the National Science Foundation and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), with a director of security position being created in the latter. AICA supports the coordination of citizen science and crowdsourcing by Federal agencies to accomplish their missions. [3]

Provisions

As a result of AICA:

See also

References

  1. "President Signs Peters-Gardner American Innovation and Competitiveness Act into Law | U.S. Senator Gary Peters of Michigan". www.peters.senate.gov. Retrieved 2022-02-28.
  2. Mervis, Jeffrey (December 16, 2016). "Update: Surprise! Innovation bill clears House, heads to president". Science.org.
  3. 1 2 3 S.3084 - American Innovation and Competitiveness Act on congress.gov