Pelosi: House, Senate ‘very close’ to ‘competitiveness bill’ conference

The House and Senate are “very close to being ready to go to conference” on a competitiveness bill to reconcile differences between the Senate’s U.S. Innovation and Competition Act and House counterproposals, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said on Thursday. Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) in November said they would address USICA, passed by the Senate last June, in a House-Senate conference committee. The Senate bill is centered on the “Endless Frontier Act,” which authorizes increased funding for...