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HR 5473 107th Congress House Government Operations and Politics Commercialization Communication in science Congress Congressional oversight Delaware Fund raising Interstate compacts Maryland New Jersey Pennsylvania Research and development Research grants Science, Technology, Communications

To grant the consent of the Congress to the SMART Research and Development Compact.

Introduced: September 26, 2002 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Became law
Oct 7, 2002
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.
Oct 2, 2002
Referred to the Subcommittee on Research.
Sep 26, 2002
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Science, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Sep 26, 2002
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Grants the consent of the Congress to the SMART Research and Development Compact (to promote the contribution of the Mid-Atlantic region to the Nation's research and development in science and technology and to create an organization for strengthening the Mid-Atlantic region for tomorrow) if it is entered into by the States of Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.
What's happening now October 7, 2002

Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2 Republican 1
D
Hoyer, Steny H.
Maryland · Sep 26, 2002
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Sep 26, 2002
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Sep 26, 2002
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5473: To grant the consent of the Congress to the SMART Research and Development Compact.. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-5473/
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"H.R. 5473: To grant the consent of the Congress to the SMART Research and Development Compact.." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-5473/.
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