House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed House

United States Research Protection Act

H.R. 1318Introduced Feb 13, 2025Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Official title: 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.

Sponsor: Rep. Mike Kennedy R-UT

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Where it went

IntroducedFeb 13, 2025
Committee actionskipped
Passed HouseMar 24, 2025 · by voice vote
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Mar 25, 2025 — 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. 1318.

Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KENNEDY of Utah, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 30, February 13, 2025, Page H711):
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.
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 13, 2025 ↗
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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

1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat

1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.

Haley Stevens (D-MI).

More from the sponsor

Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mike Kennedy.

Sponsor’s state and district

Utah in Congress · UT-3 district

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