H.R. 1637: Federally Funded Research and Development Sunshine Act of 2015

114th Congress · introduced 2015-03-25 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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Where it came from: introduced 2015-03-25 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Ratcliffe, John [R-TX-4] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Federally Funded Research and Development Sunshine Act of 2015

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House reported version is repeated here.) Federally Funded Research and Development Sunshine Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) Directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to annually submit to the Committee on Homeland Security, the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate a list of ongoing and completed projects that federally funded research and development centers within DHS have been tasked to complete. Prohibits additional funds from being authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act.

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Official text

Federally Funded Research and Development Sunshine Act of 2015

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House without amendment)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Ratcliffe, John [R-TX-4] · 8 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 1637, Federally Funded Research and Development Sunshine Act of 2015 (2015-06-04)

Cosponsors on this site

Michael T. McCaul (R-TX), Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA), Barry Loudermilk (R-GA)

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Words on this page, explained (3)

Appropriation: Money a legislature sets aside by law for a specific purpose. Government agencies may spend public money only as it has been appropriated.
Authorization: A law that creates or continues a government program and says what it may do, often with a suggested spending ceiling. An authorization alone does not provide money; a separate appropriation does.
Securities: Financial investments that can be bought and sold, such as stocks and bonds.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House without amendment)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114hr1637.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/hr>

Record fed-us-cong114-hr1637 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114