H.R. 4496 119th Congress House

Restore and Modernize Our National Laboratories Act of 2025

Official title: To direct the Secretary of Energy to fund projects to restore and modernize National Laboratories, and for other purposes.

Introduced: July 17, 2025 Introduced by: Bill Foster Democratic · Illinois See on congress.gov

Science, Technology, Communications

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Jul 17, 2025

Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.

Jul 17, 2025

Introduced in House

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Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Science, Space, and Technology Committee
House of Representatives

Lobbying activity 5

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

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Cosponsors 3

Norton, Eleanor Holmes

District of Columbia · Jul 17, 2025

Smith, Adam

Washington · Jul 17, 2025

Thanedar, Shri

Michigan · Jul 17, 2025

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4496: Restore and Modernize Our National Laboratories Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-4496/

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"H.R. 4496: Restore and Modernize Our National Laboratories Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-4496/.

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