NASA SPREES Act
Latest action · Dec 19, 2024 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 770.
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.
- IntroducedMar 15, 2024
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
NASA Streamlining Partnerships for Research and Education for Engineering and Science Act or the NASA SPREES Act
This bill authorizes the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to use funds from other federal agencies for grants regarding scientific or engineering research or education, if such funds were otherwise earmarked for similar activities.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Mar 20, 2024.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-TX | Brian Babin | Mar 20, 2024 |
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 Mar 15, 2024Markup Mar 20, 2024Reported Nov 18, 2024 |
| House | Appropriations Committee | Referred Mar 15, 2024 Nov 18, 2024Discharged Dec 19, 2024 |
Actions 8
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 19, 2024Committee on Appropriations discharged.
- Dec 19, 2024Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 770.
- Nov 18, 2024Reported by the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. H. Rept. 118-746, Part I.
- Nov 18, 2024House Committee on Appropriations Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Dec. 19, 2024.
- Mar 20, 2024Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
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
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 170, no. 47, March 15, 2024, page H1188.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 4221 | NASA SPREES Act | Identical bill | May 1, 2024 |
| HR 8958 | NASA Reauthorization Act of 2024 | Related bill | Sep 24, 2024 |
Titles 5
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title 51, United States Code, to authorize the transfer to NASA of funds from other agencies for scientific or engineering research or education, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- NASA Streamlining Partnerships for Research and Education for Engineering and Science Act
- NASA SPREES Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- NASA SPREES Act
- NASA Streamlining Partnerships for Research and Education for Engineering and Science Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 19, 2024Reported in House
- Mar 15, 2024Introduced 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.
