HR-3038 : Still Just a Bill

Securing American Science and Technology Act of 2019

This bill establishes a working group and a roundtable related to the security of science and technology.

The bill directs the National Science and Technology Council to establish an interagency working group to coordinate activities to protect federally funded research and development from foreign interference, cyberattacks, theft, or espionage and to identify and track threats.

The National Science Foundation, the Department of Energy, and the Department of Defense shall enter into an agreement with the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine to create a new National Science, Technology, and Security Roundtable.

Action Timeline

Action DateTypeTextSource
2019-05-31CommitteeReferred to the Subcommittee on Intelligence and Emerging Threats and Capabilities.House committee actions
2019-05-30IntroReferralReferred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.House floor actions
2019-05-30IntroReferralReferred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.House floor actions
2019-05-30IntroReferralIntroduced in HouseLibrary of Congress