House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Protecting American Research and Talent Act
Official title: To provide that no Federal funds may be obligated or expended to award a grant or contract to an institution of higher education for the specific purposes of conducting fundamental research in collaboration with a covered entity.
Sponsor: Rep. Andy Barr R-KYWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 10, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 10, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5253.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BARR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 148, September 10, 2025, Page H4239):Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitution of the United States, which grants Congress the authority to provide for the general welfare by appropriating Federal funds, and Article I, Section 8, Clause 3, which grants Congress the power to regulate commerce with foreign nations.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 10, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 347 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5253, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5253
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 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.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Andy Barr.
- H.R. 747 (119th) Stop Chinese Fentanyl Act of 2025
- H.R. 10184 (119th) Consumer Financial Protection Accountability and Reform Act of 2026
- H.R. 478 (119th) Promoting New Bank Formation Act
- H.R. 2702 (119th) FIRM Act
- H.R. 2405 (119th) The White Oak Resilience Act
- H.R. 3484 (119th) Business Owners Protection Act of 2025
Related bills
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.