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HOUSE 6174118th CongressPlaced on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 552.

DHS Biodetection Improvement Act

Last Action
11/12/2024

Actions

  • 2024-11-12Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 552.
  • 2024-11-12Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters without amendment. With written report No. 118-239.
  • 2024-11-12Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters without amendment. With written report No. 118-239.
  • 2024-07-31Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
  • 2024-03-12Star Print ordered on the bill.
  • 2024-03-08Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
  • 2024-03-07Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  • 2024-03-07On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: 03/05/2024 CR H791)
  • 2024-03-07Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: 03/05/2024 CR H791)
  • 2024-03-07Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H1025)
  • 2024-03-05At the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Mr. Green (TN) objected to the vote on the grounds that a quorum was not present. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed. The point of no quorum was considered as withdrawn.
  • 2024-03-05DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6174.
  • 2024-03-05Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H791-792)
  • 2024-03-05Mr. Green (TN) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
  • 2023-12-19Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 260.

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CRS Summary

As of 2023-11-02 (00)

DHS Biodetection Improvement Act

This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to assess how it has utilized Department of Energy national laboratories and sites for research and development in carrying out DHS missions and to report to Congress a strategy for how DHS will conduct biodetection research and development in coordination with such laboratories and sites.

Cosponsors (4)

  • Mark Green (R-TN)
  • Anthony D'Esposito (R-NY)
  • Eric Swalwell (D-CA)
  • Clay Higgins (R-LA)

Subjects

  • Advanced technology and technological innovations
  • Chemical and biological weapons
  • Congressional oversight
  • Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
  • Infectious and parasitic diseases
  • Public contracts and procurement
  • Research and development
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