Meanwhile, Lamar Smith, a Texas Republican who sponsored the COMPETES Act, is continuing his two-year quest to use the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, which he chairs, to alter the peer-review and grant-making process at the National Science Foundation, effectively opening it up to congressional review.
同时，竞争法的最初发起者德克萨斯共和党人拉玛尔·史密斯仍然继续其为期两年的努力，利用自己主持的众议院科学、空间、技术委员会改变国家科学基金会的同行审查和批准过程，从而使上述法案能有效提交国会审核。