HOUSE 706119th CongressReferred to the House Committee on Ethics.
Removing a certain Member from certain standing committees of the House.
- Last Action
- 9/15/2025
Actions
- 2025-03-12Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- 2025-03-11Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- 2025-03-11On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: 3/10/2025 CR H1046-1047)
- 2025-03-11Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: 3/10/2025 CR H1046-1047)
- 2025-03-11Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H1126)
- 2025-03-10At 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 The point of no quorum was considered as withdrawn.
- 2025-03-10DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 706.
- 2025-03-10Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1046-1048)
- 2025-03-10Mr. Green (TN) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- 2025-01-23Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Management and Technology.
- 2025-01-23Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
- 2025-01-23Introduced in House
- 2025-01-23Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2025-01-23 (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 (1)
- 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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