House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
STEM Diplomacy Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 22, 2021
- Committee actionJul 29, 2021
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 29, 2021 — Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1199.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1199, Supporting Technical Experts in Managing Diplomacy Act” on September 8, 2021. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on July 29, 2021”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 8, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57454
- CBO publication date
- September 8, 2021
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1199, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/1199
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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. HOULAHAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 33, February 22, 2021, Page H549):U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 22, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 39 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1199, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/1199
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
579f661a95bbb1d7ceffa9b532d5810e6f415445065fea0a9fede822a8d0d134
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1199, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 16, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
4 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 3 Democrats
1 of 4 cosponsors (25%) are from the other party.
Andy Kim (D-NJ), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Peter Meijer (R-MI), Brad Sherman (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Chrissy Houlahan.
- H.R. 1500 (117th) Global Learning Loss Assessment Act of 2021
- H.R. 3588 (117th) Mathematical and Statistical Modeling Education Act
- H.R. 7670 (117th) WOSB Program Transparency Act
- H.R. 3938 (117th) Support UNFPA Funding Act
- H.R. 8614 (117th) Banning Oil Exports to Foreign Adversaries Act
- H.R. 4824 (117th) Stop Copay Overpay Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 16, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.