Senate bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
United States Research Protection Act of 2025
Official title: A bill 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: Sen. John Cornyn R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 27, 2025
- Committee actionApr 30, 2025
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 22, 2025 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 123.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 769.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 769, United States Research Protection Act of 2025” on July 9, 2025. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on April 30, 2025”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 9, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61540
- CBO publication date
- July 9, 2025
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 769, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/s/769
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4b850346cfb1af80bd950b0979b2e98dd996873285c6694163aff77827052e87
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 119-45 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on July 22, 2025.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 22, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/SRPT/45
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 769, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/s/769
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4b850346cfb1af80bd950b0979b2e98dd996873285c6694163aff77827052e87
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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
4 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 4 cosponsors (25%) are from the other party.
John Curtis (R-UT), David McCormick (R-PA), Alex Padilla (D-CA), Rick Scott (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. John Cornyn.
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- S. 1071 (119th) National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026
- S. 1596 (119th) Jocelyn Nungaray National Wildlife Refuge Act
- S. 4394 (119th) Promoting Police Leadership Act
- S. 2950 (119th) Scam Compound Accountability and Mobilization Act
- S. 1595 (119th) Improving Police CARE Act
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.