iOn June 8th, the U.S. Senate passed S.1260, the United States Innovation and Competition Act (USICA). The legislation strengthens manufacturing and basic research in key industry sectors and is intended to provide a policy framework for competing with China. The legislation combines several bills from different Senate committee jurisdictions, including the Endless Frontier Act (Commerce Committee), Strategic Competition Act (Foreign Relations Committee), and Trade Act of 2021 (Finance Committee). In fact, the Endless Frontier Act is itself a collection of several Senate bills. All told, roughly three dozen legislation proposals from eight different Senate committees have been melded together into USICA.
The provisions of USICA involve the jurisdiction of at least ten different committees in the U.S. House, which could make its procedural path complex. The table below summarizes the provisions of USICA as organized by section, the committee jurisdictions involved, and the individual Senate bills from which the language is drawn. If there is a corresponding House bill it is also noted.
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Senate committee jurisdiction |
House committee jurisdiction |
Underlying bill / proposal |
S.1260 section |
Senate source |
House source |
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Appropriations |
Appropriations |
CHIPS and O-RAN 5G Emergency Funds |
1002-1003 |
— |
— |
|
Commerce, Science and Trans. |
Science, Space & Tech. |
Endless Frontier Act |
2001-2691 |
S.1260 |
H.R.2731 |
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NSF for the Future Act |
— |
— |
H.R.2225 |
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Advanced Technological Manufacturing Act |
2205 |
S.735 |
— |
||
|
AI Scholarship-for- Service Act |
2208 |
S.1257 |
— |
||
|
Quantum Network Infrastructure and Workforce Development Act |
2211 |
S.1161 |
— |
||
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Advancing IoT for Precision Agriculture Act |
2213 |
S.1395 |
— |
||
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Bioeconomy Research and Development Act |
2217 |
S.1418 |
— |
||
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Manufacturing USA Expansion Act |
2402 |
S.1240 |
— |
||
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Research Investment to Spark the Economy Act |
2507 |
S.289 |
H.R.869 |
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Space Preservation and Conjunction Emergency (SPACE) Act |
2601-2605 |
S4827* |
— |
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NASA Authorization Act |
2611-2691 |
— |
— |
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Aeronautics Innovation Act |
2646-2652 |
S.1713* |
H.R.5136* |
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Commerce, Science, Trans. |
Energy and Commerce |
IMPACT Act |
2509 |
S.996 |
— |
|
Country of Origin Online Labeling Act |
2510 |
S.3707* |
H.R.1386 |
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Internet Exchange and Submarine Cable Act |
2512 |
S.1166 |
— |
||
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Enhancing Entrepreneurship for the 21st Century Act |
6301 |
S.329 |
H.R.1345 |
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Commerce, Sci, Trans. |
Natural Resources |
Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act |
2518 |
S.1106 |
H.R.406 |
|
Foreign Relations |
Foreign Affairs |
Strategic Competition Act |
3001-3504 |
S.1169 |
— |
|
Ensuring American Global Leadership & Engagement (EAGLE) Act |
— |
— |
(Meeks) |
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Sister City Transparency Act |
2513 |
S.710 |
H.R.1852 |
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Homeland Security & Gov’t Affairs |
Oversight |
Build America, Buy America Act |
4101-4117 |
S.1303 |
|
|
Make it in America Act |
4121-4127 |
S.363 |
— |
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Buy American.gov Act |
4131-4141 |
S.732 |
H.R.2472 |
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Make PPE in America Act |
4151-4153 |
S.1306 |
|
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Advancing American AI Act |
4201-4207 |
S.1353 |
|
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Cyber Response and Recovery Act |
4251-4252 |
S.1316 |
|
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Facilitating Federal Employee Reskilling Act |
4301-4302 |
S.1330 |
|
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Federal Rotational Cyber Workforce Program Act |
4351-4356 |
S.1097 |
|
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American Security Drone Act |
4401-4411 |
S.73 |
|
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No TikTok on Government Devices Act |
4431-4432 |
S.1143 |
H.R.2566 |
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National Risk Management Act |
4461-4462 |
S.1350 |
|
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Safeguarding American Innovation Act |
4491-4498 |
|
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Banking |
Financial Services |
Meeting the China Challenge Act |
5001-5310 |
(Brown-Toomey) |
|
|
HELP |
Energy and Commerce |
HHS research requirements |
6101-6106 |
— |
— |
|
HELP |
Education and Labor |
Advancing International and Foreign Language Educ. Act |
6121 |
S.1453 |
|
|
Confucius Act |
6122 |
S.590 |
H.R.1160 |
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Judiciary |
Judiciary |
Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act |
6202 |
S.228 |
|
|
Finance |
Ways and Means |
Trade Act of 2021 / Competes Act / GSP-MTB extension |
70001-77001 |
(Crapo-Wyden) |
— |
* cites bill from 116th Congress
