S. 5187 119th Congress Senate

PHD Talent Act of 2026

Official title: A bill to require the Secretary of Energy to establish a program to strengthen the domestic science and engineering workforce through partnerships among institutions of higher education, National Laboratories, other Federal science agencies, and industry to support accelerated doctoral programs, and for other purposes.

Introduced: July 30, 2026 Introduced by: Mark R. Warner Democratic · Virginia See on congress.gov

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Jul 30, 2026

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Jul 30, 2026

Introduced in Senate

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What's happening now July 30, 2026

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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

ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES
for ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY (VIRGINIA TECH)
for VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY (VIRGINIA TECH) · Virginia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)

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Cosponsors 1

Young, Todd

Indiana · Jul 30, 2026

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 5187: PHD Talent Act of 2026. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-5187/

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"S. 5187: PHD Talent Act of 2026." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-5187/.

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S. 5187, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-5187/.

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