H.R. 7077

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7077 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 7077

To amend the Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation Act 
to require a plan for data collection and analytical capability 
relating to the skilled technical workforce, and for other purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

January 14, 2026

Ms. Scholten (for herself, Mr. Fitzpatrick, and Ms. Norton) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, 
Space, and Technology

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A BILL

To amend the Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation Act 
to require a plan for data collection and analytical capability 
relating to the skilled technical workforce, 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. ASSESSMENTS RELATING TO THE SKILLED TECHNICAL WORKFORCE.

Paragraph (2) of section 10314(b) of the Research and Development, 
Competition, and Innovation Act (42 U.S.C. 18994(b)) is amended--
(1) by inserting ``and biennially thereafter'' after ``Not 
later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act'';
(2) by striking ``the results of an assessment'' and 
inserting ``a plan for initiating and maintaining a data 
collection and analytical capability within the National Center 
for Science and Engineering Statistics''; and
(3) by striking ``surveys on--'' and all that follows 
through ``discretion of the Director'' and inserting ``surveys 
on the skilled technical workforce''.
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