S 3696 — DEFIANCE Act of 2024
Congress 118
Latest action: — Held at the desk.
Sponsors (1)
- Hawley, Josh (R, MO-S) — cosponsor
Action timeline (10)
- — Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- · 10000 — Introduced in Senate
- — Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S5317-5318)
- · 17000 — Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.
- — Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S5318-5319)
- — Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.
- · 14500 — Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.
- · H15000 — Held at the desk.
- · H14000 — Received in the House.
- — Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Bill text (extracted)
Amendments
Congressional Research Service briefs (1)
CRS reports that cite this bill in their relatedMaterials — what Congress was reading on the topic. Click any report for its summary, formats, and bill-citation walk.
- Science and Technology Issues for the 119th Congress
R48482· Reports · 2026-04-02Science and technology (S&T) underlie a wide range of issues confronting the nation. The advancement of S&T can drive economic growth, help address national priorities, and improve health and quality of life. The ubiquit
Connected on the graph
2 typed relationships in the influence graph — 1 inbound, 1 outbound, grouped by type.
cited in report (1)
| date | dir | entity | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | → | R48482 | — | crs-report-relatedMaterials |
cosponsor of bill (1)
| date | dir | entity | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | ← | Hawley, Josh | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
Who matters on this bill
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 | Hawley, Josh (R, senate MO) | cosponsor | 1 | — | 2 |
Stance (positions taken)
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.
1 predicted yes (0%) · 266 predicted no (49%) · 276 unknown (51%)
By party: · R: 1 yes / 0 no / 276 unknown · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
1 high-confidence positions (voted + sponsor + cosponsor)
- Hawley, Josh (R · senate · MO) · cosponsor
Timeline
Every typed-graph event involving this entity, newest first. Each row is one edge in the influence graph; the inline strip under the row shows the counterpart's own context (a bill's latest action, a hearing's chamber + date, a filing's form type + filed date, a clip's source + excerpt) so the timeline reads like a Wikipedia citation rail.
- 2026-05-23 · Cited in GAO report R48482 · crs-report-relatedMaterials
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Hawley, Josh (cosponsor) · sponsorship