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HR 240 115th Congress House Emergency Management Advanced technology and technological innovations Business investment and capital Congressional oversight Department of Homeland Security Homeland security Public-private cooperation Small business

Leveraging Emerging Technologies Act of 2017

Introduced: January 4, 2017 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 9 steps
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 11, 2017
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Jan 10, 2017
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Jan 10, 2017
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H277)
Jan 10, 2017
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 240.
Jan 10, 2017
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H277-279)
Jan 10, 2017
Mr. Ratcliffe moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Jan 10, 2017
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H277)
Jan 4, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
Jan 4, 2017
Introduced in House
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Leveraging Emerging Technologies Act of 2017

(Sec. 2) This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to: (1) engage with innovative and emerging technology developers and firms, including technology-based small businesses and startup ventures, to address homeland security needs; and (2) develop, submit to Congress, and implement a DHS-wide strategy to proactively engage with such developers and firms that focuses on sustainable methods and guidance to build relationships to establish, develop, and enhance DHS capabilities to address such needs.

DHS may establish personnel and office space in areas in the United States with high concentrations of such developers and firms, co-located with other assets of DHS or other federal facilities, where possible.

What's happening now January 11, 2017

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

 Bill text 3 versions

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
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McCaul, Michael T.
Texas · Jan 4, 2017
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Jan 4, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 240: Leveraging Emerging Technologies Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-240/
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"H.R. 240: Leveraging Emerging Technologies Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-240/.
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H.R. 240, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-240/.
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