H.R. 1637 (114^th): Federally Funded Research and Development Sunshine Act of 2015

The Federally Funded Research and Development Sunshine Act of 2015 would direct the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to submit an annual report to Congress on the activities and accomplishments of all of its federally funded research. DHS has a Science and Technology division which does research on technologies that may have security benefits. For example, at the National Bio- ... Continue reading »

Overview

Introduced:: Mar 25, 2015
114^th Congress, 2015–2017
Status:: Died in a previous Congress

This bill was introduced in a previous session of Congress and was passed by the House on June 23, 2015 but was never passed by the Senate.
Sponsor:: John Ratcliffe

Representative for Texas's 4th congressional district

Republican
Text:: Read Text »
Last Updated: Jun 24, 2015
Length: 3 pages

History

Mar 25, 2015		Introduced Bills and resolutions are referred to committees which debate the bill before possibly sending it on to the whole chamber. Read Text »
May 20, 2015		Ordered Reported A committee has voted to issue a report to the full chamber recommending that the bill be considered further. Only about 1 in 4 bills are reported out of committee. Read Updated Text » See Changes »
May 20, 2015		Considered by House Committee on Homeland Security A committee held a hearing or business meeting about the bill.
Jun 11, 2015		Reported by House Committee on Homeland Security A committee issued a report on the bill, which often provides helpful explanatory background on the issue addressed by the bill and the bill's intentions. Read Report »
Jun 23, 2015		Passed House (Senate next) The bill was passed in a vote in the House. It goes to the Senate next. The vote was by voice vote so no record of individual votes was made. Read Updated Text » See Changes »

H.R. 1637 (114th) was a bill in the United States Congress.

A bill must be passed by both the House and Senate in identical form and then be signed by the President to become law.

This bill was introduced in the 114^th Congress, which met from Jan 6, 2015 to Jan 3, 2017. Legislation not enacted by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.

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H.R. 1637 (114th): Federally Funded Research and Development Sunshine Act of 2015