House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law

Building Blocks of STEM Act

H.R. 3397Introduced Jul 25, 2017Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Where it went

IntroducedJul 25, 2017
Committee actionNov 15, 2017
Passed HouseFeb 13, 2018 · by voice vote
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Feb 14, 2018 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3397.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3397, Building Blocks of STEM Act” on December 15, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology on November 15, 2017”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 15, 2017 ↗
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https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53414
CBO publication date
December 15, 2017
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 3397, 115th Congress
Congress.gov API record
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
September 8, 2026
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-558 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Science, Space, and Technology Committee on February 13, 2018.
Source: Congress.gov, reported February 13, 2018 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 3397, 115th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3397
Record last updated by Congress.gov
September 8, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 21, 2026
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Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. ROSEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 125, July 25, 2017, Page H6299):
Clause 8 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 25, 2017 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 3397, 115th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3397
Record last updated by Congress.gov
September 8, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 21, 2026
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Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

31 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 28 Democrats, 1 independent

2 of 31 cosponsors (6%) are from the other party.

Ami Bera (D-CA), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Charlie Crist (D-FL), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Elizabeth Esty (D-CT), Dwight Evans (D-PA), John Faso (R-NY), Bill Foster (D-IL), Colleen Hanabusa (D-HI), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Stephen Knight (R-CA), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Daniel Lipinski (D-IL), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Stephanie Murphy (D-FL), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Ed Perlmutter (D-CO), Scott Peters (D-CA), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Kathleen Rice (D-NY), Tim Ryan (D-OH), Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ), Louise Slaughter (D-NY), Darren Soto (D-FL), Mark Takano (D-CA) and 1 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jacky Rosen.

Sponsor’s state and district

Nevada in Congress · NV-3 district

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