H.R. 8673 · 118th Congress

Expanding Partnerships for Innovation and Competitiveness Act

Introduced on Jun 7, 2024 by Haley M. Stevens (D-MI-11). 13 cosponsors, 4 of them from another party. Latest action (Jun 13, 2024): Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Jun 7, 2024
Cosponsors
13
4 from the other party
Policy area
Science, Technology, Communications
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Progress

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  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To establish in the National Institute of Standards and Technology the Foundation for Standards and Metrology, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Advisory bodies
  • Atmospheric science and weather
  • Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
  • International scientific cooperation
  • Research and development
  • Scientific communication

Summary

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Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Haley M. StevensD-MI-11Sponsor

Democrats · 9

Republicans · 4

Roll calls

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No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

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  1. Jun 7, 2024Introduced in House
  2. Jun 7, 2024Introduced in House
  3. Jun 7, 2024 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
  4. Jun 13, 2024 · HouseCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  5. Jun 13, 2024 · HouseOrdered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote.

Committees

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Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. Chamber of Commerce of the U.S.A.9 reports
    $158.1M reported (all issues)
  2. UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND3 reports
    $100.6K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: UNIVERSITY OF MARYLANDAI match · 100%
  3. University of Michigan3 reports
    $190K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANAI match · 100%
  4. TECHNOLOGY NETWORK AKA TECHNET2 reports
    $1.3M reported (all issues)
  5. CENTER FOR AI SAFETY ACTION FUND, INC.1 report
    $40K reported (all issues)
  6. UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO1 report
    $211.4K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO HOSPITAL AUTHORITY$91.6K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 90%

Reports filed in 2024, 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.