United States Research Protection Act
Latest action · Mar 25, 2025 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
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.
- IntroducedFeb 13, 2025
- Passed HouseMar 24, 2025
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
United States Research Protection Act
This bill clarifies the definition of a malign foreign talent recruitment program under the Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation Act.
The Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation Act, which was included in the CHIPS and Science Act, prohibits researchers who receive federal funds from participating in malign foreign talent recruitment programs, in which foreign countries incentivize or compensate researchers for activities that present a conflict of interest for the researcher or that are otherwise unauthorized (e.g., sharing proprietary information without proper authorization).
The bill clarifies that these restrictions apply to programs that are sponsored by a foreign country of concern, including China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia. The bill also clarifies that malign foreign talent recruitment programs may involve direct or indirect compensation or incentives from such countries.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Feb 13, 2025.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MI | Haley M. Stevens | Original | Feb 13, 2025 |
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 Feb 13, 2025 |
| Senate | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | Referred Mar 25, 2025 |
Actions 8
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 25, 2025Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
- Mar 24, 2025Mr. Babin moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Mar 24, 2025Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1201-1202)
- Mar 24, 2025DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1318.
- Mar 24, 2025Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1201)
- Mar 24, 2025Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Feb 13, 2025Introduced in House
- Feb 13, 2025Referred 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 H1201, H1202Text printed H1201 | Brian Babin R-TX, Haley M. Stevens D-MI, Mike Kennedy R-UT | Mar 24, 2025 |
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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 30, February 13, 2025, page H711.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 5343 | A bill to amend the Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation Act to clarify the definition of foreign country for purposes of malign foreign talent recruitment restriction, and for other purposes. | Cross-Congress related bill | Nov 19, 2024 |
| HR 7686 | To amend the Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation Act to clarify the definition of foreign country for purposes of malign foreign talent recruitment restriction, and for other purposes. | Cross-Congress related bill | Sep 10, 2024 |
Titles 5
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation Act to clarify the definition of foreign country for purposes of malign foreign talent recruitment restriction, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- United States Research Protection Act
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- United States Research Protection Act
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- United States Research Protection Act
- Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text
- To amend the Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation Act to clarify the definition of foreign country for purposes of malign foreign talent recruitment restriction, and for other purposes.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications.
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 25, 2025Referred in Senate
- Mar 24, 2025Engrossed in House
- Feb 13, 2025Introduced 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.
