House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law

Supporting Early-Career Researchers Act

H.R. 144Introduced Jan 4, 2021Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Where it went

IntroducedJan 4, 2021
Committee actionMar 9, 2021
Passed HouseMay 18, 2021
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: May 19, 2021 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 144.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 144, Supporting Early-Career Researchers Act” on April 6, 2021. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology on March 9, 2021”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 6, 2021 ↗
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https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57113
CBO publication date
April 6, 2021
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 144, 117th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/144
Record last updated by Congress.gov
December 17, 2025
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 117-16 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Science, Space, and Technology Committee on April 14, 2021.
Source: Congress.gov, reported April 14, 2021 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 144, 117th Congress
Congress.gov API record
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
December 17, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 16, 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. JOHNSON of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 2, January 4, 2021, Page H54):
Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United States.
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 4, 2021 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 144, 117th Congress
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
December 17, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 16, 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

29 cosponsors — 11 Republicans, 18 Democrats

11 of 29 cosponsors (38%) are from the other party.

James Baird (R-IN), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Stephanie Bice (R-OK), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), Ed Case (D-HI), Randy Feenstra (R-IA), Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX), Bill Foster (D-IL), Mike Garcia (R-CA), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Anthony Gonzalez (R-OH), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Daniel Kildee (D-MI), Young Kim (R-CA), Ann Kirkpatrick (D-AZ), Conor Lamb (D-PA), Frank Lucas (R-OK), Jerry McNerney (D-CA), Peter Meijer (R-MI), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Ed Perlmutter (D-CO), Deborah Ross (D-NC), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Michael Waltz (R-FL), Randy Weber (R-TX), Susan Wild (D-PA).

More from the sponsor

Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Eddie Johnson.

Sponsor’s state and district

Texas in Congress · TX-30 district

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