Safeguarding American Innovation Act
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.
- IntroducedJun 18, 2020
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- 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; 14 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NV | Catherine Cortez Masto | Original | Jun 18, 2020 |
| D-DE | Christopher A. Coons | Original | Jun 18, 2020 |
| R-ID | James E. Risch | Original | Jun 18, 2020 |
| D-NH | Jeanne Shaheen | Original | Jun 18, 2020 |
| D-WV | Joe Manchin III | Original | Jun 18, 2020 |
| R-WY | John Barrasso | Original | Jun 18, 2020 |
| R-MO | Josh Hawley | Original | Jun 18, 2020 |
| R-FL | Marco Rubio | Original | Jun 18, 2020 |
| D-NH | Margaret Wood Hassan | Original | Jun 18, 2020 |
| R-TN | Marsha Blackburn | Original | Jun 18, 2020 |
| R-IN | Mike Braun | Original | Jun 18, 2020 |
| R-FL | Rick Scott | Original | Jun 18, 2020 |
| R-NC | Thom Tillis | Original | Jun 18, 2020 |
| D-DE | Thomas R. Carper | Original | Jun 18, 2020 |
| R-IA | Chuck Grassley | Jun 29, 2020 | |
| R-AZ | Martha McSally | Jul 20, 2020 | |
| R-WI | Ron Johnson | Jul 20, 2020 | |
| R-OK | James Lankford | Jul 21, 2020 | |
| R-UT | Mitt Romney | Jul 22, 2020 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Referred Jun 18, 2020Markup Jul 22, 2020Reported Dec 14, 2020 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- 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.
- Dec 14, 2020Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 620.
- Jul 22, 2020Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Jun 18, 2020Introduced in Senate
- Jun 18, 2020Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S3104)
In the Congressional Record 3
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S5536 | Rob Portman R-OH | Sep 10, 2020 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S4577 | Rob Portman R-OH | Jul 29, 2020 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S3104 | Rob Portman R-OH | Jun 18, 2020 |
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
- Oct 19, 2020S. 3997, Safeguarding American Innovation ActAs ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on July 22, 2020
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 4324 | Restoring Critical Supply Chains and Intellectual Property Act | Related bill | Jul 27, 2020 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to strengthen the security and integrity of the United States scientific and research enterprise.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Safeguarding American Innovation Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate
- Safeguarding American Innovation Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Advanced technology and technological innovations
- Computers and information technology
- Congressional oversight
- Cultural exchanges and relations
- Department of State
- Fraud offenses and financial crimes
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Higher education
- Immigration status and procedures
- Intellectual property
- International exchange and broadcasting
- International scientific cooperation
- Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
- Research administration and funding
- Research and development
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Scientific communication
- Subversive activities
- Technology transfer and commercialization
- Trade restrictions
- Visas and passports
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 14, 2020Reported to Senate
- Jun 18, 2020Introduced in Senate
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.
