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.
Congress 118
Latest action: — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Sponsors
- Garcia, Mike (R, CA-27) — sponsor · 2024-03-15
Action timeline
- · H11100 — Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
- · Intro-H — Introduced in House
- · 1000 — Introduced in House
- — Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 38 - 0.
- — Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- · H38310 — Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- · H37300 — On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5039-5040)
- · 8000 — Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5039-5040)
- · H8D000 — DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 7686.
- · H30000 — Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5039-5041)
- · H30300 — Mr. Lucas moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- · H12410 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 550.
- · H12200 — Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. H. Rept. 118-653.
- · 5000 — Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. H. Rept. 118-653.
- — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Text versions
- Introduced in House · 2024-03-15 — open
- Reported in House · 2024-09-09 — open
- Engrossed in House · 2024-09-09 — open
- Referred in Senate · 2024-09-10 — open
Connected on the graph
Inbound (1)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-15 | Garcia, Mike | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Garcia, Mike (R, house CA-27) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
Activity
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- 2024-03-15 · sponsored by Garcia, Mike (sponsor) · sponsorship