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Version 55 · Passed Senate · Jun 8, 2021
United States Innovation and Competition Act of 2021
This bill addresses U.S. technology and communications, foreign relations and national security, domestic manufacturing, education, trade, and other matters.
Among other provisions, the bill
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provides funding for FY2022-FY2026 to support U.S. semiconductor manufacturing, research and development, and supply chain security;
provides funding for wireless supply chain innovation;
establishes a Directorate for Technology and Innovation in the National Science Foundation;
extends through 2025 the authority of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to lease its non-excess real property and related personal property;
authorizes various programs and policies related to space exploration;
authorizes various international affairs programs and activities, including foreign assistance for the Indo-Pacific region;
requires federal infrastructure programs to provide for the use of materials produced in the United States;
imposes sanctions on China for cybersecurity and human rights abuses;
requires the Department of Health and Human Services to consider national security risks associated with sensitive genetic information;
includes initiatives related to elementary and secondary education, including those to increase computer science education;
contains provisions related to higher education, including those reauthorizing through FY2027 international education programs and addressing China's influence on institutions of higher education;
modifies and expands the schedule for graduated merger filing fees;
prohibits federal funding for the Wuhan Institute of Virology;
requires the U.S. Trade Representative to take certain actions related to digital trade and censorship practices; and
extends through 2027 the Generalized System of Preferences.
People & committees
Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] · D–NY
Legislative record
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Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 117-740.
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)
Senate roll call 226 · Individual votesPassed/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)
Senate roll call 226 · Individual votesCloture motion on the bill withdrawn by unanimous consent in Senate. (CR S3977)
Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3975-3980)
Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3915-3926)
Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3549-3851, S3851-3876)
Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3470-3471, S3476-3479, S3481-3484, S3486, S3492-3496)
Cloture motion on the bill presented in Senate. (CR S3416)
Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3401-3410, S3413-3416)
Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3318-3326)
Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3175-3182, S3182-3186, S3187-3189)
Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S2752-2755, S2757-2758, S2763-2764, S2768-2769, S2773-2775)
The committee substitute withdrawn by Unanimous Consent.
Measure laid before Senate by motion. (consideration: CR S2568-2569)
Motion to proceed to consideration of measure agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
Motion to proceed to measure considered in Senate. (CR S2555)
Cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 86 - 11. Record Vote Number: 192. (CR S2541)
Senate roll call 192 · Individual votesMotion to proceed to measure considered in Senate. (CR S2535)
Cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the measure presented in Senate. (CR S2504)
Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (CR S2504)
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 58.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cantwell with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cantwell with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text: CR S2070-2085)
Introduced in Senate
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