NIMBLE Act
Latest action · Jun 28, 2018 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMay 22, 2018
- Passed HouseJun 27, 2018
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
National Innovation Modernization by Laboratory Empowerment Act or the NIMBLE Act
This bill directs the Department of Energy (DOE) to delegate signature authority to the nonmilitary national laboratories for certain agreements. Activity under such an agreement must have a total cost of less than $1 million (including the contributions of the national laboratory and the cost share of the contractor). Agreements must fall within the scope of:
- a strategic plan for the laboratory that has been approved by DOE, or
- the most recent congressionally approved budget for DOE activities that are to be carried out by the laboratory.
Cosponsors 12
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 22, 2018 to Jun 27, 2018; 11 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NM | Ben Ray Luján | Original | May 22, 2018 |
| R-TX | Brian Babin | Original | May 22, 2018 |
| R-LA | Clay Higgins | Original | May 22, 2018 |
| R-AZ | Debbie Lesko | Original | May 22, 2018 |
| D-CO | Ed Perlmutter | Original | May 22, 2018 |
| R-OK | Frank D. Lucas | Original | May 22, 2018 |
| R-TX | Lamar Smith | Original | May 22, 2018 |
| R-FL | Neal P. Dunn | Original | May 22, 2018 |
| R-SC | Ralph Norman | Original | May 22, 2018 |
| R-TX | Randy K. Weber, Sr. | Original | May 22, 2018 |
| R-CA | Stephen Knight | Original | May 22, 2018 |
| R-LA | Ralph Lee Abraham | Jun 27, 2018 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Science, Space, and Technology Committee | Referred May 22, 2018Markup May 23, 2018Reported Jun 27, 2018 |
| Senate | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Referred Jun 28, 2018 |
Actions 12
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 28, 2018Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- Jun 27, 2018Reported by the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. H. Rept. 115-788.
- Jun 27, 2018Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 610.
- Jun 27, 2018Mr. Hultgren moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Jun 27, 2018Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5781-5782)
- Jun 27, 2018DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5907.
- Jun 27, 2018Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5781)
- Jun 27, 2018Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- May 23, 2018Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- May 23, 2018Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- May 22, 2018Introduced in House
- May 22, 2018Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H5781, H5782Text printed H5781 | Lamar Smith R-TX, Marc A. Veasey D-TX, Randy Hultgren R-IL | Jun 27, 2018 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Jun 25, 2018H.R. 5907, NIMBLE ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology on May 23, 2018
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 164, no. 84, May 22, 2018, page H4583.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | PROCEEDINGS OF THE FULL COMMITTEE MARKUP ON H.R. 1224, NIST CYBERSECURITY FRAMEWORK, ASSESSMENT, AND AUDITING ACT OF 2017942 pages | Science, Space, and Technology Committee | Jan 10, 2017–Nov 15, 2017 |
Titles 7
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide directors of the National Laboratories signature authority for certain agreements, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- NIMBLE Act
- National Innovation Modernization by Laboratory Empowerment Act
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- NIMBLE Act
- National Innovation Modernization by Laboratory Empowerment Act
- Short Titles as Passed House
- National Innovation Modernization by Laboratory Empowerment Act
- NIMBLE Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 28, 2018Referred in Senate
- Jun 27, 2018Engrossed in House
- Jun 27, 2018Reported in House
- May 22, 2018Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
