US Congress Senate Bill 4629 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-0)
Status: Introduced on September 17 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-09-17 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Pending: Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Addresses science and technology development, global infrastructure, U.S. manufacturing, foreign relations, and other topics. Provisions of the bill include those authorizing through FY2025 various federal research and development activities; requiring the Department of State to take actions to advance the development and adoption of quality global infrastructure; requiring the use of domestically produced aluminum in certain federal projects; requiring the Department of Defense (DOD), the Department of the Treasury, and the Department of Commerce to take actions to encourage the development and production of measurably secure microelectronics and semiconductors; expanding disclosure requirements for U.S. institutions of higher education that receive foreign gifts; authorizing various programs to support science, technology, engineering, and mathematics training, as well as language skills education; requiring the President to impose sanctions to combat malign behavior by China's government and related persons; authorizing annual contributions to the World Bank's Clean Technology Fund and the United Nations's Green Climate Fund; prohibiting the use of federal funds to withdraw or reduce the presence of the Armed Forces or DOD in Japan or South Korea; prioritizing the transfer of excess defense articles to certain allies in the Indo-Pacific region; authorizing the State Department to provide assistance to increase maritime security in the Indo-Pacific region; authorizing the United States to cofinance infrastructure projects that would otherwise be included within China's Belt and Road initiative; requiring the President to establish a Special Representative for the Arctic; and providing priority refugee status to certain residents of Hong Kong or Xinjiang.

America LEADS Act America Labor, Economic competitiveness, Alliances, Democracy and Security Act

Sen. Robert Menendez [D-NJ]	Sen. Charles Schumer [D-NY]	Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]	Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]
Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]	Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA]	Sen. Jack Reed [D-RI]	Sen. Mark Warner [D-VA]
Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]	Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]	Sen. Martin Heinrich [D-NM]
Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]	Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto [D-NV]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-09-17	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

HB4331 (Related) 2020-01-30 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
HB5932 (Related) 2020-03-03 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
HB7000 (Related) 2020-05-22 - Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
HB7601 (Related) 2020-07-13 - Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
HB7980 (Related) 2020-08-07 - Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
SB592 (Related) 2019-06-11 - Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
SB939 (Related) 2020-06-15 - Held at the desk.
SB945 (Related) 2020-12-18 - Became Public Law No: 116-222. (TXT | PDF)
SB2539 (Related) 2019-09-24 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
SB4493 (Related) 2020-08-06 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
HB2202 (Related) 2019-04-10 - Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
HB4551 (Related) 2019-09-27 - Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
SB1558 (Related) 2019-05-21 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
SB1824 (Related) 2019-06-12 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
SB3952 (Related) 2020-12-21 - Held at the desk.
SB4629 (Related) 2020-09-17 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/4629/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s4629/BILLS-116s4629is.pdf