S. 3849 · 118th Congress

Promoting United States Leadership in Standards Act of 2024

Introduced on Feb 29, 2024 by Mark R. Warner (D-VA). 3 cosponsors, 2 of them from another party. Latest action (Aug 1, 2024): Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 482.

Stage
Reported by committee
Introduced
Feb 29, 2024
Cosponsors
3
2 from the other party
Policy area
Science, Technology, Communications
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Progress

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

Official title

A bill to promote United States leadership in technical standards by directing the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Department of State to take certain actions to encourage and enable United States participation in developing standards and specifications for artificial intelligence and other critical and emerging technologies, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Advanced technology and technological innovations
  • Computers and information technology
  • Internet, web applications, social media
  • Technology assessment

Summary

The Congressional Research Service has not summarized this measure yet.

Sponsor and cosponsors

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

Mark R. WarnerD-VASponsor

Democrats · 1

Republicans · 2

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. Feb 29, 2024Introduced in Senate
  2. Feb 29, 2024 · SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
  3. Jul 31, 2024 · SenateCommittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
  4. Aug 1, 2024Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cantwell with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
  5. Aug 1, 2024 · SenateCommittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cantwell with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
  6. Aug 1, 2024 · SenatePlaced on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 482.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

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.4 reports
    $74.5M reported (all issues)
  2. American Society of Mechanical Engineers2 reports
    $160K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS$116.6K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  3. DELL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.2 reports
  4. Google Client Services LLC2 reports
    $6.3M reported (all issues)
  5. AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE ASSOCIATION1 report
    $14.8K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE ASSOCIATION$97.8K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  6. American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)1 report
    $60K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS$116.6K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  7. Americans for Prosperity1 report
    $210K reported (all issues)
  8. CTIA - THE WIRELESS ASSOCIATION1 report
  9. NATIONAL ELECTRICAL MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION1 report
    $260K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: NATIONAL ELECTRICAL MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100%
  10. ULSE INC. D/B/A UL STANDARDS & ENGAGEMENT1 report
    $80K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2024.

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.