Last progress March 25, 2025 (8 months ago)
Introduced on February 13, 2025 by Haley Stevens
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1205-1206)
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
This bill creates a formal partnership between the Department of Energy and the National Science Foundation to plan and fund joint research. The two agencies must set up a written agreement and choose projects through a competitive, merit-based process that can include federal agencies, national labs, colleges, nonprofits, and other eligible groups . The partnership can support research in areas like artificial intelligence, quantum computing, advanced materials and manufacturing, microelectronics, plasma and high‑energy physics, and climate and energy modeling. It also promotes secure data sharing, builds research facilities and equipment, and offers STEM education and workforce programs such as internships, fellowships, classroom learning, and teacher training.
The agencies may team up with other federal partners as needed. They must follow federal research security rules, and they owe a joint progress report within two years that explains what they did, what worked, and what comes next.