HR 954 · 117th Congress 2021โ€“2023, ended

Chinese Research Funds Accounting Act

Latest action · Feb 8, 2021 Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.

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. IntroducedFeb 8, 2021
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Chinese Research Funds Accounting Act

This bill directs the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to conduct a study on federal funding made available to entities located in China or majority owned or controlled by the Chinese Communist Party for research in the five years prior to enactment of this bill.

Not later than 120 days after the enactment of this bill, the GAO shall brief Congress on the data that is available with respect to federal funding made available to such entities for research.

Cosponsors 21

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 8, 2021 to Nov 12, 2021; 18 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-OHAnthony GonzalezOriginalFeb 8, 2021
R-TXBrian BabinOriginalFeb 8, 2021
R-PABrian K. FitzpatrickOriginalFeb 8, 2021
R-NYChris JacobsOriginalFeb 8, 2021
R-UTChris StewartOriginalFeb 8, 2021
R-OHDavid P. JoyceOriginalFeb 8, 2021
R-CADoug LaMalfaOriginalFeb 8, 2021
R-PAGuy ReschenthalerOriginalFeb 8, 2021
R-VAH. Morgan GriffithOriginalFeb 8, 2021
R-FLMatt GaetzOriginalFeb 8, 2021
R-TXMichael C. BurgessOriginalFeb 8, 2021
R-MSMichael GuestOriginalFeb 8, 2021
R-TXRandy K. Weber, Sr.OriginalFeb 8, 2021
R-PAScott PerryOriginalFeb 8, 2021
R-WIThomas P. TiffanyOriginalFeb 8, 2021
R-TNTim BurchettOriginalFeb 8, 2021
R-OKTom ColeOriginalFeb 8, 2021
R-TXVan TaylorOriginalFeb 8, 2021
R-NYAndrew R. GarbarinoMar 11, 2021
R-MNTom EmmerJul 27, 2021
R-FLByron DonaldsNov 12, 2021

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseScience, Space, and Technology Committee
Referred Feb 8, 2021

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Feb 8, 2021Introduced in House
  2. Feb 8, 2021Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.

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.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 23, February 8, 2021, page H484.

Related bills 2

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 2153Securing American Leadership in Science and Technology Act of 2021Related billMar 23, 2021
HR 8058Chinese Research Funds Accounting ActReintroduction ofAug 14, 2020

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To direct the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study on certain Federal funding made available to entities located in the People's Republic of China or majority owned or controlled by the Chinese Communist Party, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Chinese Research Funds Accounting Act

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Feb 8, 2021Introduced in House

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