HR 4521 Passed in Senate – COMPETES Act

Yesterday, the Senate completed their consideration of H.R. 4521, the America COMPETES Act. The Senate closed debate on the substitute language based on S 1260 and passed the bill by identical votes of 68 to 28. The bill goes back to the House for consideration of the Senate’s changes to the bill. The House is likely to insist on their language, which would send the bill to a conference committee to work out the differences.