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H.R. 1232: Save America's Science Act

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H.R. 1232: Save America's Science Act

115th Congress · introduced 2017-02-27 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

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Follow this bill, step by step

  1. Where it came from: introduced 2017-02-27 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Save America's Science Act

Plain summary

Save America's Science Act This bill requires each federal agency to: (1) maintain each data asset of the agency, including any asset collected for the agency under a contract, in accordance with its records management program; (2) establish safeguards against the removal or loss of such assets; and (3) make any requirements and penalties related to such removal or loss known to agency officials and employees. Each agency shall: (1) notify the Archivist of the United States and Congress of any actual or threatened unlawful removal, defacing, alteration, or other destruction of data assets in the agency's custody; and (2) initiate action through the Attorney General for the recovery of such assets. In any case in which an agency does not initiate recovery within a reasonable period after being notified of any such unlawful action, or is believed to be participating in any such unlawful action, the Archivist shall request the Attorney General to initiate recovery and notify Congress when such a request has been made. Each data asset that has been made available to the public by an agency shall remain available to the public.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

Save America's Science Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4] · 21 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Darren Soto (D-FL), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Katherine M. Clark (D-MA)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4] reported raising $1.5 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong115-hr1232 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115