DHS Biodetection Improvement Act
Latest action · Mar 12, 2025 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
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.
- IntroducedJan 23, 2025
- Passed HouseMar 11, 2025
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
DHS Biodetection Improvement Act
This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to assess how it has utilized Department of Energy national laboratories and sites for research and development in carrying out DHS missions and to report to Congress a strategy for how DHS will conduct biodetection research and development in coordination with such laboratories and sites.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jan 23, 2025.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-LA | Clay Higgins | Original | Jan 23, 2025 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Homeland Security Committee | Referred Jan 23, 2025 |
| Emergency Management and Technology Subcommittee | Referred Jan 23, 2025 | |
| Senate | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Referred Mar 12, 2025 |
Actions 11
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 12, 2025Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- Mar 11, 2025Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H1126)
- Mar 11, 2025Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: 3/10/2025 CR H1046-1047)
- Mar 11, 2025Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Mar 10, 2025Mr. Green (TN) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Mar 10, 2025Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1046-1048)
- Mar 10, 2025DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 706.
- Mar 10, 2025At the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Mr. Green (TN) objected to the vote on the grounds that a quorum was not present. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed. The point of no quorum was considered as withdrawn.
- Jan 23, 2025Introduced in House
- Jan 23, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
- Jan 23, 2025Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Management and Technology.
In the Congressional Record 2
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 H1126 | — | Mar 11, 2025 |
| House | Debate and remarks H1046–H1048Text printed H1046 | Dale W. Strong R-AL, J. Luis Correa D-CA, Mark E. Green R-TN | Mar 10, 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. 14, January 23, 2025, page H389.
Titles 5
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To improve the biodetection functions of the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- DHS Biodetection Improvement Act
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- DHS Biodetection Improvement Act
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- DHS Biodetection Improvement Act
- Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text
- To improve the biodetection functions of the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 12, 2025Referred in Senate
- Mar 11, 2025Engrossed in House
- Jan 23, 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.
