To amend the Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation Act to clarify the definition of foreign country for purposes of malign foreign talent recruitment restriction, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7686.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-653 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Science, Space, and Technology Committee on September 9, 2024.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 9, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

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  Report API records

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7686, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7686

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 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 Mr. MIKE GARCIA of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 47, March 15, 2024, Page H1188):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: The Congress shall have power to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof. The single subject of this legislation is: To amend the Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation Act to clarify the definition foreign country for purposes of malign foreign talent recruitment restriction.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 15, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7686, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7686

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

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