DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE related term(s) National Institute of Standards and Technology

Amendments

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and the Interior, energy and water development, environment, science, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 6938), S132, S133, S134, S135, S136, S137, S138, S139 [12JA], S157, S165, S166, S170, S171, S172, S173, S174, S175 [13JA], S221, S222 [14JA]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 6938), consideration (H. Res. 977), H120 [7JA]

Foreign investments: conduct interagency review of, and report to Congress on, ways to increase U.S. global competitiveness in attracting foreign direct investment (S. 2563), S1522 [22MR]

NOAA: extend Digital Coast Program and improve acquisition, integration, and accessibility of data (S. 2245), S716 [26FE]

Whistleblowing: establish whistleblower incentive program relative to smuggling of leading-edge artificial intelligence (AI) chips to other countries (S. 1473), S2422, S2424 [20MY]

Bills and resolutions

Artificial intelligence (AI): develop training resources and toolkits for U.S. small businesses (see S. 3888), S610 [12FE]

Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission: support healthy fisheries in dynamic ocean conditions (see S. 3658), S256 [15JA]

Build to Scale program: reauthorize to strengthen regional innovation ecosystem by supporting entrepreneurs, technology startups, and organizations that connect startups with capital and infrastructure (see S. 5198), S4370 [30JY]

Bureau of Industry and Security: authorize to appoint certain personnel in order to attract highly qualified experts (see H.R. 7003), H615 [9JA]

——— provide authority to attract highly qualified experts (see S. 5379), S4564 [7AU]

Bureau of the Census: prohibit use of questions on citizenship, nationality, or immigration status in decennial census (see H.R. 8062), H2675 [24MR]

Business and industry: develop and monitor national manufacturing strategy, identify and address supply chain weakness and obstacles to inclusion, and establish local Manufacturing Renaissance Councils (see H.R. 9931), H5196 [23JY]

——— prohibit marketing, advertising, or provision of professional legal, financial, or health services without appropriate licenses (see H.R. 7985), H2596 [18MR]

Census: require that individual incarcerated on date on which decennial census is taken shall be attributed to last place of residence prior to incarceration (see H.R. 7375), H2030 [4FE]

Commission on American Leadership in Robotics: establish (see S. 4686), S2576 [4JN]

Commission on Hazard Risk Assessment Tools: establish (see H.R. 8407), H3044 [21AP]

Community development: establish pilot program to award grants to renovate and develop public third spaces outside of home and work (see H.R. 9032), H3734 [26MY]

Consumers: ban sale of nitrous oxide consumer products (see H.R. 7945), H2530 [16MR]

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency: require certain entities to maintain technical capability relative to shutting down certain artificial intelligence (AI) technology (see H.R. 9917), H5195 [23JY]

Dept. of Commerce and SBA: direct small business development centers and Minority Business Development Agency business centers to collaborate to better serve small business concerns (see H.R. 8708), H3341 [7MY]

Dept. of Defense: pay retired pay from Military Retirement Fund to retired members of NOAA and Public Health Service commissioned corps (see H.R. 8732), H3346 [11MY]

Dept. of HUD and Economic Development Administration: improve interagency coordination (see S. 3962), S731 [2MR]

Dept. of State: promote peaceful space exploration, expand participation in Artemis Accords, establish safe and sustainable space activities, and advance national security and economic competitiveness through space leadership (see H.R. 8321), H2958 [16AP]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and the Interior, energy and water development, environment, science, and related agencies: making appropriations (see H.R. 6938), H11 [6JA]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 6938), consideration (see H. Res. 977), H133 [7JA]

Digital Literacy and Equity Commission: establish (see H.R. 7302), H1921 [30JA]

Ecology and environment: establish youth advisory councils to provide recommendations to EPA and Depts. of the Interior, Energy, Agriculture, and Commerce on environmental issues relative to youth communities (see S. 4376), S1935 [22AP] (see H.R. 8363), H2994 [20AP]

——— provide for collaboration between Economic Development Administration and EPA to promote economic revitalization efforts of environmentally contaminated sites (see H.R. 8238), H2830 [9AP]

Economic Development Administration: provide for certain grant eligibility relative to projects that facilitate relocation to the U.S. of source of employment located outside U.S. (see H.R. 7342), H2029 [4FE]

Economy: reauthorize regional innovation program (see H.R. 8866), H3550 [15MY]

Electric power: submit report assessing vulnerabilities to U.S. electric grid from certain Internet-connected devices and applications (see H.R. 7208), H1349 [22JA]

Export Administration Review Board: permit Secs. of State, Defense, or Energy to submit proposed rules (see H.R. 8036), H2674 [24MR]

Federal aid programs: require establishment and use of short form applications for rural communities applying for economic development grant programs (see S. 3965), S762 [3MR]

Federal Interagency Council on Housing Affordability and Preservation: establish (see H.R. 9733), H4622 [16JY]

FEMA: establish interagency task force on expediting disaster relief funding (see S. 4022), S881 [5MR]

First Responder Network Authority: reauthorize (H.R. 3366) (see H.R. 7386), H2040 [5FE]

Fish and fishing: develop methodology for identifying country of origin of shrimp (see H.R. 9154), H3909 [4JN]

Foreign Investment Review Authority: establish (see S. 4748), S2756 [11JN] (see H.R. 9284), H4110 [11JN]

Foreign trade: enhance administration of export control licenses (see S. 4835), S2935 [18JN] (see H.R. 8284), H2923 [15AP]

——— ensure expeditious processing of export license applications (see H.R. 8289), H2923 [15AP]

——— impose tariff-rate quotas on certain imports (see S. 4945), S3742 [13JY]

——— increase civil penalties that may be imposed under Export Control Reform Act (see S. 4883), S3200 [24JN]

——— prohibit imposition of additional tariffs on agricultural inputs imported from countries to which U.S. has extended normal trade relations (see H.R. 7716), H2328 [25FE]

——— provide assistance for compliance with Export Control Reform Act (see H.R. 8288), H2923 [15AP]

——— provide exceptions for notifications relating to specified foreign entities (see H.R. 9546), H4363 [30JN]

——— provide for expedited consideration of proposals for additions to, removals from, or other modifications relative to entities on Export Administration Regulations Entity List (see S. 4840), S2935 [18JN] (see H.R. 8169), H2817 [30MR]

——— provide for ten-year statute of limitations for export control violations (see S. 5380), S4564 [7AU] (see H.R. 8202), H2824 [6AP]

——— require competitive market review of applications for license to export, reexport, or transfer in-country certain technology (see H.R. 8285), H2923 [15AP]

Foundation for Digital Opportunity: establish (see S. 4592), S2416 [20MY] (see H.R. 8936), H3669 [20MY]

GAO: conduct study on capability of Appalachian Regional Commission to include low-orbit satellites in broadband projects (see S. 4459), S2170 [30AP]

Government regulations: disapprove rule entitled ‘‘One Year Suspension of Expansion of End-User Controls for Affiliates of Certain Listed Entities’’ (see S.J. Res. 112), S881 [5MR]

Information technology: conduct study on impact of locating data center sites within or near military installations, rail hubs, airports, air cargo facilities, air traffic control facilities, and industrial zones (see H.R. 10041), H5213 [3AU]

——— prohibit food retailers and third party delivery service providers from using technology that uses personal data of consumers to engage in dynamic pricing (see H.R. 8895), H3626 [19MY]

——— require certain artificial intelligence (AI) model developers to report dangerous capabilities, security breaches, and safety incidents (see H.R. 9477), H4262 [25JN]

International Trade Administration: establish task force to identify countervailable subsidies and dumping (see S. 3913), S681 [25FE]

Motor vehicles: prohibit entry into U.S. of connected vehicles associated with foreign adversaries (see S. 4710), S2698 [9JN] (see H.R. 9162), H3909 [4JN]

——— prohibit importation, manufacture, sale, resale, or introduction into interstate commerce in U.S. of connected vehicles and related software and hardware associated with foreign adversaries (see S. 4429), S2128 [29AP] (see H.R. 8730), H3346 [11MY]

National security: promulgate regulations to improve nucleic acid synthesis security (see S. 3741), S377 [29JA]

National Telecommunications and Information Administration: authorize States to use leftover Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program funds for emergency warning infrastructure, connectivity, and related projects (see S. 3858), S609 [12FE]

——— conduct survey on data center resource consumption (see H.R. 10005), H5207 [30JY]

——— develop plan for how U.S. will advance and advocate for Wi-Fi and other unlicensed technologies (see H.R. 9151), H3909 [4JN]

——— establish grant program to modernize technology of State and local governments (see H.R. 8926), H3668 [20MY]

——— further deployment of Next Generation 9-1-1 services to enhance and upgrade 9-1-1 systems (see S. 4062), S1009 [11MR]

——— publish report on integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into U.S. commercial telecommunications infrastructure (see H.R. 7783), H2419 [4MR]

NIST: improve administration of Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (see S. 4957), S3742 [13JY]

——— require support for regional innovation initiatives in quantum information science and technology (see S. 4163), S1544 [23MR]

NOAA: establish climate impact management plan for conservation of certain marine mammal species (see H.R. 8496), H3122 [27AP]

——— identify set of forward-looking meteorological information to equip organizations that issue building codes and other standards with best available information on climate-related risks (see S. 4439), S2128 [29AP]

——— provide for regulation of fishing in marine national monuments (see H.R. 8904), H3627 [19MY]

——— reauthorize Regional Ocean Partnerships (see S. 3791), S509 [5FE]

Renewable energy: prevent certain Executive actions and repeal certain Executive documents targeting renewable energy projects (see S. 4721), S2698 [9JN]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (see H.R. 8845), H3549 [15MY]

Ships and vessels: consider nations with open registries in identification of nations engaging in or endorsing illegal, unreported, or unregulated fishing (see S. 4720), S2698 [9JN]

Small business: carry out study on challenges faced by U.S. small artificial intelligence (AI) businesses (see H.R. 7968), H2550 [17MR]

Strategic materials: prohibit importation of certain rare earth magnets from covered nations (see H.R. 7563), H2219 [12FE]

Technology: conduct public awareness and education campaign to provide information on benefits of, risks relating to, and prevalence of artificial intelligence (AI) in daily lives of individuals in U.S. (see H.R. 7151), H947 [20JA]

——— create tools to track progress of Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program grant recipients and help agencies comply with deadline for processing communications use applications (see S. 4448), S2170 [30AP]

——— develop plan for how U.S. will advance and advocate for Wi-Fi and other unlicensed technologies (see S. 5333), S4515 [6AU]

——— establish commission on robotics (see H.R. 7334), H1975 [3FE]

——— establish program to support expansion, modernization, and other improvements to U.S. critical and emerging technologies operations (see H.R. 9912), H5195 [23JY]

——— establish rolling annual standard for sale of certain integrated circuits to certain countries (see H.R. 8306), H2924 [15AP]

——— establish voluntary Mined in America Certification Program and promote replacement of mining hardware related to foreign adversaries with computer infrastructure made in U.S. or friendly nations (see S. 4251), S1669 [26MR]

——— prevent foreign adversaries from threatening U.S. national security by extracting key technical features of closed-source, American-owned artificial intelligence (AI) models (see S. 5252), S4474 [5AU] (see H.R. 8283), H2923 [15AP]

——— prohibit manufacture and conveyance of certain products for children that incorporate artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot (see H.R. 8382), H2994 [20AP]

——— require creation of family accounts for children to be able to use artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots and require verifiable parental consent for teens using AI chatbots (see S. 4407), S2080 [28AP]

——— require license for export, reexport, or in-country transfer of certain integrated circuits (see S. 4456), S2170 [30AP]

——— support development of robotics industry in U.S. (see S. 5310), S4515 [6AU]

Telecommunications: codify Institute for Telecommunication Sciences and establish initiative to support development of emergency communication and tracking technologies (see S. 4950), S3742 [13JY]

——— conduct study and submit report to Congress on technologies used to provide broadband Internet access service (see H.R. 9286), H4110 [11JN]

Trademarks: prohibit private entities from registering trademark used by U.S. Government for purposes of Dept. of Defense or Armed Forces awards (see S. 4902), S3200 [24JN]

Cloture motions

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and the Interior, energy and water development, environment, science, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 6938), S157 [13JA], S230 [15JA]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 6938), motion to proceed, S121 [8JA], S128 [12JA]

Explanations

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and the Interior, Energy and Water Development, Environment, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations (H.R. 6938), H255–H591 [8JA]

Letters

Applicability of Congressional Review Act to Dept. of Commerce ‘‘Rescission of the Artificial Intelligence Diffusion Rule’’: Edda Emmanuelli Perez, GAO, S2321 [18MY]

Made in America Jobs Act: Representative Graves, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H2653 [24MR]

——— Representative Hill, Committee on Financial Services (House), H2653 [24MR]

Messages

Adjusting Imports of Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicles, Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicle Parts, and Buses Into the U.S.: President Trump, S575 [11FE], H2166 [11FE]

Adjusting Imports of Processed Critical Minerals and Their Derivative Products Into the U.S.: President Trump, S575 [11FE], H2166 [11FE]

Adjusting Imports of Semiconductors, Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment, and Their Derivative Products Into the U.S.: President Trump, S575 [11FE], H2167 [11FE]

National Emergency With Respect to Trade Practices That Contribute to Large and Persistent Annual U.S. Goods Trade Deficit: President Trump, S1612 [25MR], H2697 [25MR]

Motions

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and the Interior, energy and water development, environment, science, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 6938), S121 [8JA], S157 [13JA]

Remarks in House

Bureau of the Census: prohibit use of questions on citizenship, nationality, or immigration status in decennial census (H.R. 8062), E254 [24MR]

Business and industry: prohibit marketing, advertising, or provision of professional legal, financial, or health services without appropriate licenses (H.R. 7985), H2557 [18MR]

Children and youth: prohibit market or product-focused research on children and minors, H4293 [29JN]

Consumers: ban sale of nitrous oxide consumer products (H.R. 7945), H4331 [30JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish Office of Seafood, H3282, H3283 [29AP]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and the Interior, energy and water development, environment, science, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 6938), H151–H205 [8JA], E20 [9JA]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 6938), consideration (H. Res. 977), H112–H122 [7JA]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 6938), unanimous-consent agreement, H150 [8JA]

Economic Development Administration: provide for certain grant eligibility relative to projects that facilitate relocation to the U.S. of source of employment located outside U.S. (H.R. 7342), H2652–H2654 [24MR]

First Responder Network Authority: reauthorize (H.R. 7386), H2967–H2970 [20AP]

GAO: conduct study on capability of Appalachian Regional Commission to include low-orbit satellites in broadband projects (H.R. 2474), H2647, H2648 [24MR]

Interagency Working Group on Toxic Exposure: conduct research on health conditions of descendants of individuals exposed to toxic substances while serving in Armed Forces (H.R. 6005), E603 [23JN]

National Telecommunications and Information Administration: establish interagency task force to increase prioritization of requests for communications use authorizations at Depts. of Agriculture and the Interior (H.R. 1681), H2971–H2973 [20AP]

——— submit report to Congress on plan to implement online application portal for placement of communications facilities on Federal lands (H.R. 1343), H2973, H2974 [20AP]

Small business: carry out study on challenges faced by U.S. small artificial intelligence (AI) businesses (H.R. 7968), H2490 [16MR]

Technology: prohibit manufacture and conveyance of certain products for children that incorporate artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot (H.R. 8382), H3000 [21AP]

Remarks in Senate

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and the Interior, energy and water development, environment, science, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 6938), S95, S119, S121 [8JA], S157 [13JA], S185, S192, S201 [14JA], S227, S234–S236, S238–S249, S262 [15JA]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 6938), motion to proceed, S121 [8JA], S126–S128 [12JA], S141, S153, S155–S157 [13JA]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 6938), unanimous-consent request, S248 [15JA]

Foreign investments: conduct interagency review of, and report to Congress on, ways to increase U.S. global competitiveness in attracting foreign direct investment (S. 2563), S1522, S1523 [22MR]

Immigration: clarify definition of sanctuary jurisdictions, provide civil remedies for victims of crimes committed by individuals benefitting from sanctuary policy, and withhold grant funding from such jurisdictions (S. 185), S407 [30JA]

Intel Corp.: decision to open chip manufacturing plant in Ireland following Dept. of Commerce acquisition of minority stake in company, S4123 [16JY]

NOAA: establish Sea Turtle Rescue Assistance Grant Program (S. 843), S1503 [22MR]

——— establish Sea Turtle Rescue Assistance Grant Program (S. 843), unanimous-consent agreement, S1504 [22MR]

——— extend Digital Coast Program and improve acquisition, integration, and accessibility of data (S. 2245), S715, S716 [26FE]

Whistleblowing: establish whistleblower incentive program relative to smuggling of leading-edge artificial intelligence (AI) chips to other countries (S. 1473), S2424 [20MY]

Reports filed

Artificial Intelligence Practices, Logistics, Actions, and Necessities (AI PLAN) Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 2152) (H. Rept. 119–708), H4243 [24JN]

Consideration of H.R. 6938, Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and the Interior, Energy and Water Development, Environment, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 977) (H. Rept. 119–424), H133 [7JA]

Expanding Appalachia’s Broadband Access Act: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 2474) (H. Rept. 119–565), H2627 [20MR]

Expediting Federal Broadband Deployment Reviews Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 1681) (H. Rept. 119–439), H2775 [26MR]

——— Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 1681) (H. Rept. 119–439), H654 [12JA]

Facilitating the Deployment of Infrastructure With Greater Internet Transactions and Legacy (Facilitating DIGITAL) Applications Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 1588) (H. Rept. 119–486), H2028 [4FE]

Federal Broadband Deployment Tracking Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 1343) (H. Rept. 119–485), H2028 [4FE]

First Responder Network Authority Reauthorization: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 7386) (H. Rept. 119–615), H2923 [15AP]

Global Investment in American Jobs Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 2563) (S. Rept. 119–116), S1046 [12MR]

Guarding Unprotected Aging Retirees From Deception (GUARD) Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 2978) (H. Rept. 119–709), H4244 [24JN]

Made in America Jobs Act: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 7342) (H. Rept. 119–567), H2627 [20MR]

NOAA Digital Coast Program Extension and Acquisition, Integration, and Accessibility of Data Improvement: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 2245) (S. Rept. 119–100), S419 [30JA]

Nomination of Arvind Raman To Be Under Sec. of Commerce for Standards and Technology: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate), S1046 [12MR]

Nomination of Steven Haines To Be Assistant Sec. of Commerce for Industry and Analysis: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate), S470 [3FE]

Proper Leadership To Align Networks (PLAN) for Broadband Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 323), S2442 [21MY]

——— Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 323) (S. Rept. 119–123), S2476 [1JN]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 8845) (H. Rept. 119–652), H3549 [15MY]

Supporting the Health of Aquatic Systems Through Research Knowledge and Enhanced Dialogue (SHARKED) Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 2314) (S. Rept. 119–114), S801 [4MR]

Texts of

H. Res. 977, consideration of H.R. 6938, Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and the Interior, energy and water development, environment, science, and related agencies appropriations, H113 [7JA]

H.R. 1343, Federal Broadband Deployment Tracking Act, H2973 [20AP]

H.R. 1681, Expediting Federal Broadband Deployment Reviews Act, H2971 [20AP]

H.R. 2474, Expanding Appalachia’s Broadband Access Act, H2647 [24MR]

H.R. 6938, Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and the Interior, energy and water development, environment, science, and related agencies appropriations, H151–H199 [8JA]

H.R. 7342, Made in America Jobs Act, H2652 [24MR]

H.R. 7386, First Responder Network Authority reauthorization, H2967 [20AP]

S. 843, Sea Turtle Rescue Assistance and Rehabilitation Act, S1503, S1504 [22MR]

S. 1473, Stop Stealing Our Chips Act, S2424–S2426 [20MY]

S. 2245, extend NOAA Digital Coast Program and improve acquisition, integration, and accessibility of data, S716 [26FE]

S. 2563, Global Investment in American Jobs Act, S1522 [22MR]

S. 3965, EDA Short Form Application Act, S764 [3MR]

S. 4448, Accelerating Broadband Permits Act, S2173 [30AP]