The record

LegislationLegislation· Sep 2024
HR 5245

Sponsored by Andy Barr (R)

Science and Technology Agreement Enhanced Congressional Notification Act of 2024

Would have required the State Department to notify Congress before renewing science deals with China.

Tradeoff

Would have required advance notice to Congress and a full copy of each China science deal. Would also have required yearly reports on the 1979 US-China science agreement for five years.

What's in it

See official bill text
H.R. 5245, Science and Technology Agreement Enhanced Congressional Notification Act of 2024www.cbo.gov/publication/60210 · Apr 2024

The House passed this bill by on September 9, 2024. The Senate never voted on it before the Congress ended, so the bill expired.

  1. House

    Introduced

    (Aug 22, 2023)

  2. House

    Committee on Foreign Affairs(Aug 22, 2023)

  3. House

    The committee voted to send it to the floor

    Reported 50 - 0(Mar 21, 2024)

  4. House

    Passage of the bill

    Passed by (Sep 9, 2024)

    No individual votes were recorded.

  5. Senate

    Received from the House

    on Foreign Relations(Sep 10, 2024)