S. 929 119th Congress Senate

GATE Act of 2025

Official title: A bill to prohibit National Laboratories from admitting certain foreign nationals, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 11, 2025 Introduced by: Tom Cotton Republican · Arkansas See on congress.gov

Armed Forces and National Security

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Mar 11, 2025

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

Mar 11, 2025

Introduced in Senate

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

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Energy and Natural Resources Committee
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Lobbying activity 14

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

PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
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STANFORD UNIVERSITY
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STANFORD UNIVERSITY
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PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
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STANFORD UNIVERSITY
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Bodies those filers lobbied

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
14 filings
SENATE
14 filings
Energy, Dept of
9 filings
Natl Economic Council (NEC)
2 filings
Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP)
2 filings
Defense, Dept of (DOD)
1 filing
Office of Management & Budget (OMB)
1 filing
Treasury, Dept of
1 filing

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Cosponsors 6