It competed against Senate bill S.744 in the 114th Congress, which was deceptively entitled "AN ACT To reauthorize and amend the National Sea Grant College Program Act, and for other purposes."[5] That bill, when it originated as just "AN ACT To reauthorize and amend the National Sea Grant College Program Act" was sponsored by a bipartisan team, however the Democratic co-sponsors (Cantwell and Schatz) withdrew their support on 15 March 2016,[5] after Pat Roberts introduced his GMO Foods bill and it became apparent that the Republicans intended to tack on his bill "for other purposes" to Public Law 114-214.The primary sponsor was Roger Wicker.[2] On 7 July 2016, the reauthorization passed the Senate, and on 14 July it passed the House of Representatives.[5] On 29 July 2016, President Obama signed bill S.744 (114th)[5] into law.