House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
RESEARCHER Act
Official title: To require the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy to develop a consistent set of policy guidelines for Federal research agencies to address financial instability of graduate researchers and postdoctoral researchers, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Jennifer McClellan D-VAWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 29, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 29, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3054.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. McCLELLAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 71, April 29, 2025, Page H1728):Article 1, Section 8, U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 29, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 39 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3054, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3054
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
21 cosponsors — 21 Democrats
0 of 21 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Bill Foster (D-IL), Laura Friedman (D-CA), Maxwell Frost (D-FL), George Latimer (D-NY), Summer Lee (D-PA), Sarah McBride (D-DE), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Josh Riley (D-NY), Darren Soto (D-FL), Shri Thanedar (D-MI), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Jill Tokuda (D-HI), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Eugene Vindman (D-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jennifer McClellan.
- H.R. 2313 (119th) Celestial Time Standardization Act
- H.R. 2532 (119th) To prohibit certain removals of employees of the Department of Health and Human Services and sub-agencies and operating divisions thereof…
- H.R. 4894 (119th) Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Prevention Act of 2025
- H.Res. 585 (119th) Recognizing the threat of extreme weather to children's health and well-being, and expressing the sense of Congress that solutions must be…
- H.Res. 955 (119th) Recognizing the importance of a continued commitment to ending pediatric HIV/AIDS worldwide.
- H.R. 5965 (119th) Student Veteran Work Study Modernization Act
Related bills
- S. 1664 (119th) RESEARCHER ActRelated bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.