S 3997 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

Safeguarding American Innovation Act

Fact sheet

Latest action · Dec 14, 2020 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 620.

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.

  1. IntroducedJun 18, 2020
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Safeguarding American Innovation Act

This bill addresses the security of federally funded research and development grants and export-controlled goods, technologies, or sensitive information.

The bill establishes in the Office of Management and Budget a Federal Research Security Council to develop federally funded research and development grant making policy and management guidance to protect the national and economic security interests of the United States.

Each executive agency on the council shall be responsible for assessing federal research security risks posed by persons participating in federally funded research and development.

The Council shall develop a strategic plan for addressing Federal research security risks and for managing such risks.

The bill prohibits any individual from knowingly (1) preparing or submitting a federal grant application that fails to disclose the receipt of any outside compensation, including foreign compensation, by the individual; or (2) forging, counterfeiting, or otherwise falsifying a document to obtain a federal grant.

An alien shall be inadmissible to the United States if a consulate or the Department of Justice knows the alien seeks to enter the United States to acquire export-controlled goods, technologies, or sensitive information if the Department of State has determined that such acquisition would be contrary to U.S. national security (including economic security).

The bill revises provisions relating to the disclosure of foreign gifts.

Cosponsors 19

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 18, 2020 to Jul 22, 2020, with 14 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-NVCatherine Cortez MastoOriginalJun 18, 2020
D-DEChristopher A. CoonsOriginalJun 18, 2020
R-IDJames E. RischOriginalJun 18, 2020
D-NHJeanne ShaheenOriginalJun 18, 2020
I-WVJoe Manchin IIIOriginalJun 18, 2020
R-WYJohn BarrassoOriginalJun 18, 2020
R-MOJosh HawleyOriginalJun 18, 2020
R-FLMarco RubioOriginalJun 18, 2020
D-NHMargaret Wood HassanOriginalJun 18, 2020
R-TNMarsha BlackburnOriginalJun 18, 2020
R-INMike BraunOriginalJun 18, 2020
R-FLRick ScottOriginalJun 18, 2020
R-NCThom TillisOriginalJun 18, 2020
D-DEThomas R. CarperOriginalJun 18, 2020
R-IAChuck GrassleyJun 29, 2020

Actions 5

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Dec 14, 2020Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 116-317.
  2. Dec 14, 2020Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 620.
  3. Jul 22, 2020Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
  4. Jun 18, 2020Introduced in Senate
  5. Jun 18, 2020Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S3104)

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 4324Restoring Critical Supply Chains and Intellectual Property ActRelated billJul 27, 2020

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications.

Text 2

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Dec 14, 2020Reported to Senate
  2. Jun 18, 2020Introduced in Senate

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