House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
American Innovation Act
Official title: To prioritize funding for an expanded and sustained national investment in basic science research.
Sponsor: Rep. Bill Foster D-ILWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 3, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 3, 2025 — Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2628.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FOSTER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 60, April 3, 2025, Page H1418):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 3, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 124 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2628, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2628
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 11, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
869729fe2b2308663eac035027550468fc1ec28b8f3daf29ebe48894c2c545c5
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2628, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 11, 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
5 cosponsors — 5 Democrats
0 of 5 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Sean Casten (D-IL), John Garamendi (D-CA), April McClain Delaney (D-MD), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Jill Tokuda (D-HI).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bill Foster.
- H.R. 3682 (119th) Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2025
- H.Res. 100 (119th) Expressing support for the continued value of arms control agreements and negotiated constraints on Russian and Chinese strategic nuclear…
- H.R. 2627 (119th) Keep STEM Talent Act of 2025
- H.R. 9902 (119th) Federal Naming Standards Act
- H.R. 9803 (119th) Protecting Immigrants From Legal Exploitation Act of 2026
- H.Res. 1066 (119th) Expressing the condolences of the House of Representatives and honoring the memory of the victims of the mass shooting in Aurora…
Related bills
- S. 1276 (119th) American Innovation ActIdentical bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.