[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1637 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1637

  To require annual reports on the activities and accomplishments of 
federally funded research and development centers within the Department 
             of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 25, 2015

 Mr. Ratcliffe (for himself, Mr. McCaul, Mr. Katko, Mr. Hurd of Texas, 
  Mr. Carter of Georgia, Mr. Walker, Mr. Loudermilk, and Ms. McSally) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                           Homeland Security

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require annual reports on the activities and accomplishments of 
federally funded research and development centers within the Department 
             of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Federally Funded Research and 
Development Sunshine Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. ANNUAL REPORTS ON PROJECTS OF FEDERALLY FUNDED RESEARCH AND 
              DEVELOPMENT CENTERS WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 
              SECURITY.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Homeland Security shall annually 
submit to the Committee on Homeland Security, the Committee on Science, 
Space, and Technology, and the Committee on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs, the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation, and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate a 
list of ongoing and completed projects that federally funded research 
and development centers within the Department of Homeland Security have 
been tasked to complete.
    (b) Prohibition on New Authorization of Funding.--This section 
shall be carried out using amounts otherwise appropriated or made 
available to the Department of Homeland Security. No additional funds 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section.
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