Senate Bill 1260
117th Congress(2021-2022)
United States Innovation and Competition Act of 2021
Active
Amendments
Passed Senate on Jun 8, 2021
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill
The primary form of legislative measure used to propose law. Depending on the chamber of origin, bills begin with a designation of either H.R. or S. Joint resolution is another form of legislative measure used to propose law.
Bill Number
1260
Congress
117
Policy Area
Science, Technology, Communications
Science, Technology, Communications
Primary focus of measure is natural sciences, space exploration, research policy and funding, research and development, STEM education, scientific cooperation and communication; technology policies, telecommunication, information technology; digital media, journalism. Measures concerning scientific education may fall under Education policy area.
Question
On Passage of the Bill
Status
Passed
Type
Roll Call Vote
Roll Call Vote
A vote that records the individual position of each Member who voted. Such votes occurring on the House floor (by the "yeas and nays" or by "recorded vote") are taken by electronic device. The Senate has no electronic voting system; in such votes, Senators answer "yea" or "nay" as the clerk calls each name aloud. Each vote is compiled by clerks and receives a roll call number (referenced in Congress.gov as a "Record Vote" [Senate] or "Roll no." [House]).
Result
Bill Passed
Roll Number
226
Senate Roll Call Votes
No
Alabama
Alabama
No
Alabama
Alabama
Yes
Alaska
Alaska
Yes
Alaska
Alaska
Yes
Arizona
Arizona
Yes
Arizona
Arizona
No
Arkansas
Arkansas
No
Arkansas
Arkansas
Yes
California
California
Yes
California
California
Yes
Colorado
Colorado
Yes
Colorado
Colorado
Yes
Connecticut
Connecticut
Yes
Connecticut
Connecticut
Yes
Delaware
Delaware
Yes
Delaware
Delaware
No
Florida
Florida
No
Florida
Florida
Yes
Georgia
Georgia
Yes
Georgia
Georgia
Yes
Hawaii
Hawaii
Yes
Hawaii
Hawaii
Yes
Idaho
Idaho
Yes
Idaho
Idaho
Yes
Illinois
Illinois
Yes
Illinois
Illinois
No
Indiana
Indiana
Yes
Indiana
Indiana
Yes
Iowa
Iowa
No
Iowa
Iowa
No
Kansas
Kansas
No
Kansas
Kansas
Yes
Kentucky
Kentucky
No
Kentucky
Kentucky
No
Louisiana
Louisiana
No
Louisiana
Louisiana
Yes
Maine
Maine
Yes
Maine
Maine
Yes
Maryland
Maryland
Yes
Maryland
Maryland
Yes
Massachusetts
Massachusetts
Yes
Massachusetts
Massachusetts
Yes
Michigan
Michigan
Yes
Michigan
Michigan
Yes
Minnesota
Minnesota
Yes
Minnesota
Minnesota
No
Mississippi
Mississippi
Yes
Mississippi
Mississippi
No
Missouri
Missouri
Yes
Missouri
Missouri
Yes
Montana
Montana
Yes
Montana
Montana
Yes
Nebraska
Nebraska
No
Nebraska
Nebraska
Yes
Nevada
Nevada
Yes
Nevada
Nevada
Yes
New Hampshire
New Hampshire
Yes
New Hampshire
New Hampshire
Yes
New Jersey
New Jersey
Yes
New Jersey
New Jersey
Yes
New Mexico
New Mexico
Yes
New Mexico
New Mexico
Yes
New York
New York
Yes
New York
New York
No
North Carolina
North Carolina
Yes
North Carolina
North Carolina
No
North Dakota
North Dakota
No
North Dakota
North Dakota
Yes
Ohio
Ohio
Yes
Ohio
Ohio
No
Oklahoma
Oklahoma
No
Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Yes
Oregon
Oregon
Yes
Oregon
Oregon
Yes
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
No
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
Yes
Rhode Island
Rhode Island
Yes
Rhode Island
Rhode Island
Yes
South Carolina
South Carolina
No
South Carolina
South Carolina
No
South Dakota
South Dakota
Yes
South Dakota
South Dakota
No
Tennessee
Tennessee
No
Tennessee
Tennessee
Yes
Texas
Texas
No
Texas
Texas
No
Utah
Utah
Yes
Utah
Utah
No
Vermont
Vermont
Yes
Vermont
Vermont
Yes
Virginia
Virginia
Yes
Virginia
Virginia
Yes
Washington
Washington
Yes
Washington
Washington
Yes
West Virginia
West Virginia
Yes
West Virginia
West Virginia
No
Wisconsin
Wisconsin
Yes
Wisconsin
Wisconsin
No
Wyoming
Wyoming
No
Wyoming
Wyoming
Summary
Endless Frontier Act
This bill establishes a Directorate for Technology and Innovation in the National Science Foundation (NSF) and establishes various programs and activities.
The goals of the directorate shall be, among other things, the strengthening of U.S. leadership in critical technologies through basic research in key technology focus areas, such as artificial intelligence, high performance computing, and advanced manufacturing, and the commercialization of those technologies to businesses in the United States.
The bill gives the NSF the authority to provide for the widest practicable and appropriate dissemination of information within the United States concerning the NSFâs activities and the results of those activities.
The Office of Science and Technology Policy shall annually develop a strategy for the federal government to improve national competitiveness in science, research, and innovation to support the national security strategy.
The Department of Commerce shall (1) establish a supply chain resiliency and crisis response program to address supply chain gaps and vulnerabilities in critical industries, (2) designate regional technology hubs to facilitate activities that support regional economic development that diffuses innovation around the United States, and (3) award grants to facilitate development and implementation of comprehensive regional technology strategies.
The bill extends through FY2026 the Manufacturing USA Program and expands such program to support innovation and growth in domestic manufacturing.
Amendments (616)
Displaying only amendments with a detailed public record (23)
May 26, 2021
Agreed to in Senate
1
Sponsorship
Senate Amendment 2023 to Senate Amendment 1502
To authorize appropriations for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to conduct research and development in key technology focus areas.
Agreed To
May 26, 2021
Not Agreed to in Senate
3
Sponsorship
Senate Amendment 2014 to Senate Amendment 1502
To express the sense of the Senate on the allocation of Special Drawing Rights by the International Monetary Fund to help other countries procure COVID-19 vaccines and protect against the economic instability caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Active
May 25, 2021
Agreed to in Senate
6
Sponsorship
Senate Amendment 2003 to Senate Amendment 1502
To prohibit the National Institutes of Health and any other Federal agency from funding gain-of-function research conducted in China.
Agreed To
May 25, 2021
Not Agreed to in Senate
1
Sponsorship
Senate Amendment 1975 to Senate Amendment 1502
To set forth trade policy, negotiating objectives, and congressional oversight requirements relating to the response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Active
May 26, 2021
Agreed to in Senate
2
Sponsorship
Senate Amendment 1973 to Senate Amendment 1502
To express the sense of the Senate regarding the need to conduct a comprehensive investigation to determine the origins of COVID-19, and for other purposes.
Agreed To
May 26, 2021
Not Agreed to in Senate
1
Sponsorship
Senate Amendment 1929 to Senate Amendment 1502
To establish a task force for regulatory oversight and review.
Active
May 26, 2021
Not Agreed to in Senate
5
Sponsorship
Senate Amendment 1911 to Senate Amendment 1502
To require institutions of higher education to submit attestations on freedom of speech.
Active
May 25, 2021
Not Agreed to in Senate
8
Sponsorship
Active
Jun 08, 2021
Not Agreed to in Senate
2
Sponsorship
Senate Amendment 1858 to Senate Amendment 1502
To modify the semiconductor incentives program of the Department of Commerce.
Active
May 20, 2021
Submitted in Senate
9
Sponsorship
Senate Amendment 1802 to Senate Amendment 1527
To protect the United States against efforts of China and other foreign entities to engage in economic espionage and to misappropriate United States intellectual property, research and development, and innovation efforts.
Submitted
May 25, 2021
Agreed to in Senate
2
Sponsorship
Senate Amendment 1787 to Senate Amendment 1502
To direct the President to enforce the intellectual property provisions of the Economic and Trade Agreement Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of China.
Agreed To
May 26, 2021
Not Agreed to in Senate
3
Sponsorship
Senate Amendment 1771 to Senate Amendment 1502
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit certain types of human-animal chimeras.
Active
May 26, 2021
Not Agreed to in Senate
6
Sponsorship
Senate Amendment 1710 to Senate Amendment 1502
To prohibit allocations of Special Drawing Rights at the International Monetary Fund for perpetrators of genocide and state sponsors of terrorism without congressional authorization.
Active
May 26, 2021
Agreed to in Senate
5
Sponsorship
Senate Amendment 1588 to Senate Amendment 1502
To establish the Foundation for Energy Security and Innovation.
Agreed To
May 25, 2021
Not Agreed to in Senate
18
Sponsorship
Senate Amendment 1565 to Senate Amendment 1502
To provide limitations on the authority of the President to modify trade agreements.
Active
May 27, 2021
Agreed to in Senate
11
Sponsorship
Senate Amendment 1562 to Senate Amendment 1502
To ensure trade is conducted consistent with American values, to ensure resiliency in critical supply chains, to improve transparency and administration of trade programs and oversight and accountability of trade agencies, and to promote American competitiveness.
Agreed To
May 19, 2021
Not Agreed to in Senate
7
Sponsorship
Senate Amendment 1547 to Senate Amendment 1502
To direct unobligated amounts made available under coronavirus relief legislation for purposes of carrying out this Act.
Active
May 19, 2021
Submitted in Senate
1
Sponsorship
Submitted
Amendments
May 20, 2021
Not Agreed to in Senate
16
Sponsorship
Senate Amendment 1523 to Senate Amendment 1502
To express the sense of the Senate and establish points of order to ensure the United States adequately funds national defense with a whole-of-government investment plan for strategic competition with the People's Republic of China.
Active
May 20, 2021
Not Agreed to in Senate
1
Sponsorship
Senate Amendment 1518 to Senate Amendment 1502
To prohibit the cancellation of contracts for physical barriers and other border security measures for which funds already have been obligated and for which penalties will be incurred in the case of such cancellation and prohibiting the use of funds for payment of such penalties.
Active
May 19, 2021
Agreed to in Senate
2
Sponsorship
Senate Amendment 1517 to Senate Amendment 1502
To amend chapter 11 of title 35, United States Code, to require the voluntary collection of demographic information for patent inventors, and for other purposes.
Agreed To
May 25, 2021
Agreed to in Senate
8
Sponsorship
Senate Amendment 1507 to Senate Amendment 1502
To prohibit any Federal funding for the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
Agreed To
Jun 08, 2021
Agreed to in Senate
1
Sponsorship
Senate Amendment 1502
In the nature of a substitute.
Agreed To
Amendments
06/08/2021
Passed Senate, under the order of 5/28/21, having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, with an amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 68 - 32. Record Vote Number: 226. (text: CR S4049-4499)
06/08/2021
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate, under the order of 5/28/21, having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, with an amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 68 - 32. Record Vote Number: 226.(text: CR S4049-4499)
06/08/2021
Cloture motion on the bill withdrawn by unanimous consent in Senate. (CR S3977)
06/08/2021
Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3975-3980)
05/28/2021
Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3915-3926)
05/27/2021
Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3549-3851, S3851-3876)
05/26/2021
Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3470-3471, S3476-3479, S3481-3484, S3486, S3492-3496)
05/25/2021
Cloture motion on the bill presented in Senate. (CR S3416)
05/25/2021
Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3401-3410, S3413-3416)
05/24/2021
Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3318-3326)
05/20/2021
Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3175-3182, S3182-3186, S3187-3189)
05/19/2021
Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S2752-2755, S2757-2758, S2763-2764, S2768-2769, S2773-2775)
05/18/2021
The committee substitute withdrawn by Unanimous Consent.
05/18/2021
Measure laid before Senate by motion. (consideration: CR S2568-2569)
05/18/2021
Motion to proceed to consideration of measure agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
05/18/2021
Motion to proceed to measure considered in Senate. (CR S2555)
05/17/2021
Cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 86 - 11. Record Vote Number: 192. (CR S2541)
05/17/2021
Motion to proceed to measure considered in Senate. (CR S2535)
05/13/2021
Cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the measure presented in Senate. (CR S2504)
05/13/2021
Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (CR S2504)
05/13/2021
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 58.
05/13/2021
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cantwell with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
05/12/2021
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
04/20/2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text: CR S2070-2085)
04/20/2021
Introduced in Senate
Public Record
Record Updated
May 11, 2023 3:45:45 PM