H.R. 5907: NIMBLE Act
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H.R. 5907: NIMBLE Act
115th Congress · introduced 2018-05-22 · Science, Technology, Communications · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2018-05-22 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Hultgren, Randy [R-IL-14] · 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 Energy and Natural Resources. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
NIMBLE Act
Plain summary
National Innovation Modernization by Laboratory Empowerment Act or the NIMBLE Act This bill directs the Department of Energy (DOE) to delegate signature authority to the nonmilitary national laboratories for certain agreements. Activity under such an agreement must have a total cost of less than $1 million (including the contributions of the national laboratory and the cost share of the contractor). Agreements must fall within the scope of: a strategic plan for the laboratory that has been approved by DOE, or the most recent congressionally approved budget for DOE activities that are to be carried out by the laboratory.
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Hultgren, Randy [R-IL-14] · 12 cosponsors
Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 5907, NIMBLE Act (2018-06-25)
Cosponsors on this site
Frank D. Lucas (R-OK), Randy K. Weber, Sr. (R-TX), Neal P. Dunn (R-FL), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Brian Babin (R-TX), Clay Higgins (R-LA), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115hr5907.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/hr>
Record fed-us-cong115-hr5907 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115