HR 8559 · 119th Congress 2025–2027

To amend the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 to prohibit certain institutions of higher education from receiving research and development awards, and for other purposes.

Fact sheet

Latest action · Apr 28, 2026 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. IntroducedApr 28, 2026
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Cosponsors 2

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 28, 2026 to May 11, 2026, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-NJJosh GottheimerOriginalApr 28, 2026
R-FLW. Gregory SteubeMay 11, 2026

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Apr 28, 2026Introduced in House
  2. Apr 28, 2026Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.

Related bills 1

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

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.

Text 1

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  1. Apr 28, 2026Introduced in House

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