H.R. 4521: United States Innovation and Competition Act of 2021

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H.R. 4521: United States Innovation and Competition Act of 2021

117th Congress · introduced 2021-07-19 · Science, Technology, Communications · Latest: Message on Senate action sent to the House.

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Official title

United States Innovation and Competition Act of 2021

Plain summary

United States Innovation and Competition Act of 2021 This bill addresses U.S. technology and communications, foreign relations and national security, domestic manufacturing, education, trade, and other matters. Among other provisions, the bill provides funding for FY2022-FY2026 to support U.S. semiconductor manufacturing, research and development, and supply chain security; provides funding for wireless supply chain innovation; establishes a Directorate for Technology and Innovation in the National Science Foundation; extends through 2025 the authority of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to lease its non-excess real property and related personal property; authorizes various programs and policies related to space exploration; authorizes various international affairs programs and activities, including foreign assistance for the Indo-Pacific region; requires federal infrastructure programs to provide for the use of materials produced in the United States; imposes sanctions on China for cybersecurity and human rights abuses; requires the Department of Health and Human Services to consider national security risks associated with sensitive genetic information; includes initiatives related to elementary and secondary education, including those to increase computer science education; contains provisions related to higher education, including those reauthorizing through FY2027 international education programs and addressing China's influence on institutions of higher education; modifies and expands the schedule for graduated merger filing fees; prohibits federal funding for the Wuhan Institute of Virology; requires the U.S. Trade Representative to take certain actions related to digital trade and censorship practices; and extends through 2027 the Generalized System of Preferences.

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Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30] · 101 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: Estimated Budgetary Effects of H.R. 4521, the America COMPETES Act of 2022 (2022-03-04)

Cosponsors on this site

Frank D. Lucas (R-OK), John Garamendi (D-CA), Richard E. Neal (D-MA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Maxine Waters (D-CA), Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA), Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Lucy McBath (D-GA), Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), Deborah K. Ross (D-NC), Greg Stanton (D-AZ), Bill Foster (D-IL), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM), Kweisi Mfume (D-MD), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Frank J. Mrvan (D-IN), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Joseph D. Morelle (D-NY), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Angie Craig (D-MN), Sean Casten (D-IL), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Dina Titus (D-NV), Melanie A. Stansbury (D-NM), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Al Green (D-TX), Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT) and 41 more.

Recorded votes

• House roll call 18 (2022): On Agreeing to the Amendment, HR4521 (2022-02-03): Agreed to
• House roll call 19 (2022): On Agreeing to the Amendment, HR4521 (2022-02-03): Agreed to
• House roll call 20 (2022): On Agreeing to the Amendment, HR4521 (2022-02-03): Failed
• House roll call 21 (2022): On Agreeing to the Amendment, HR4521 (2022-02-03): Failed
• House roll call 22 (2022): On Agreeing to the Amendment, HR4521 (2022-02-03): Agreed to
• House roll call 23 (2022): On Agreeing to the Amendment, HR4521 (2022-02-03): Agreed to
• House roll call 24 (2022): On Agreeing to the Amendment, HR4521 (2022-02-03): Agreed to
• House roll call 25 (2022): On Agreeing to the Amendment, HR4521 (2022-02-03): Failed
• House roll call 26 (2022): On Agreeing to the Amendment, HR4521 (2022-02-03): Agreed to
• House roll call 27 (2022): On Agreeing to the Amendment, HR4521 (2022-02-03): Failed
• House roll call 28 (2022): On Agreeing to the Amendment, HR4521 (2022-02-04): Agreed to
• House roll call 29 (2022): On Agreeing to the Amendment, HR4521 (2022-02-04): Agreed to
• House roll call 30 (2022): On Motion to Recommit, HR4521 (2022-02-04): Failed
• House roll call 31 (2022): On Passage, HR4521 (2022-02-04): Passed
• Senate vote 97 (2022): On the Cloture Motion, HR4521 (2022-03-21): Cloture Motion Agreed to
• Senate vote 100 (2022): On the Motion to Proceed, HR4521 (2022-03-23): Motion to Proceed Agreed to
• Senate vote 108 (2022): On the Cloture Motion, HR4521 (2022-03-28): Cloture Motion Agreed to
• Senate vote 109 (2022): On Passage of the Bill, HR4521 (2022-03-28): Bill Passed
• House roll call 100 (2022): On Motion to Instruct Conferees, HR4521 (2022-03-31): Passed
• Senate vote 141 (2022): On the Cloture Motion, HR4521 (2022-04-28): Cloture Motion Agreed to
• Senate vote 142 (2022): On the Motion, HR4521 (2022-04-28): Motion Agreed to
• Senate vote 148 (2022): On the Motion, HR4521 (2022-05-04): Motion Agreed to
• Senate vote 149 (2022): On the Motion, HR4521 (2022-05-04): Motion Agreed to
• Senate vote 150 (2022): On the Motion, HR4521 (2022-05-04): Motion Rejected
• Senate vote 151 (2022): On the Motion, HR4521 (2022-05-04): Motion Agreed to
• Senate vote 152 (2022): On the Motion, HR4521 (2022-05-04): Motion Agreed to
• Senate vote 153 (2022): On the Motion, HR4521 (2022-05-04): Motion Rejected
• Senate vote 154 (2022): On the Motion, HR4521 (2022-05-04): Motion Agreed to
• Senate vote 155 (2022): On the Motion, HR4521 (2022-05-04): Motion Agreed to
• Senate vote 156 (2022): On the Motion, HR4521 (2022-05-04): Motion Rejected
• Senate vote 157 (2022): On the Motion, HR4521 (2022-05-04): Motion Agreed to
• Senate vote 158 (2022): On the Motion, HR4521 (2022-05-04): Motion Agreed to
• Senate vote 159 (2022): On the Motion, HR4521 (2022-05-04): Motion Rejected

Sources

• Congressional Research Service summary (Passed Senate)
• Congress.gov
• Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-117hr4521.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/117/hr>

Record fed-us-cong117-hr4521 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117