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
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
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
Plain-English summary
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
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.
Committees of jurisdiction
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