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STAC Shares House Letter to Appropriations Chair on Authorizing Funding the CHIPS & Science Act

November 29, 2022

The Science & Technology Action Committee (STAC) strongly supports a letter sent by Chairwoman of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology Eddie Bernice Johnson to House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Rosa DeLauro. In the letter, Chairwoman Johnson requests the full funding of the CHIPS & Science Act to ensure U.S. global economic and technology competitiveness.

In the letter, Chairwoman Johnson wrote, “As the Chairwoman of the Science, Space, and Technology Committee, and a leader in crafting the CHIPS and Science Act, I am writing to strongly encourage you to bring our efforts on the CHIPS and Science Act to fruition by fully funding the activities and authorization levels we put forth in the Act.”

To read the full letter, click here.

The Science & Technology Action Committee (STAC) is a group of 25 non-profit, academic, foundation, and corporate leaders working to dramatically strengthen U.S. science and technology. The Committee is co-chaired by: Bill Novelli, Professor Emeritus and founder of Business for Impact at Georgetown University and former CEO of AARP, Sudip Parikh, CEO, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and Executive Publisher of the Science Family of Journals, Mary Woolley, President & CEO of Research!America, and Keith Yamamoto, Vice Chancellor for Science Policy and Strategy at UCSF and Immediate Past President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).