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A bill to provide the Small Business Administration continuing authority to administer a program for small innovative firms.

Public Law 99-443 · H.R. 4260 · 99th Congress · began in the House

Signed by Ronald Reagan (R) on Oct 6, 1986 · Commerce

Sponsor: Rep. Nicholas Mavroules (D-MA-6)

Cosponsors (34): Rep. Berkley Bedell, Rep. John LaFalce,

Passage votesYeaNay

HouseRecorded vote: 421 yea, 1 nay421–1
SenateVoice vote

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The final version of the law, as each chamber passed it. A chamber that passed it by voice vote or unanimous consent has no count. “Method not stated” means the record does not say how the chamber voted. Where the record has a member-by-member vote, the “Who voted for it” section shows who voted yea.

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Summary

The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.

(Measure passed House, amended, roll call #334 (421-1))

Amends the Small Business Act to exclude from the definition of "extramural budget" amounts obligated for operational systems development by the Department of Defense.

Amends the Small Business Innovation Development Act of 1982 to extend the Small Business Innovation Research Program under the Small Business Act until October 1, 1993.

Amends the Small Business Innovation Development Act of 1982 to require the Comptroller General, no later than December 31, 1988, to transmit a report to the appropriate congressional committees with respect to the effectiveness of phase one (determination of the scientific and technical feasibility of ideas submitted pursuant to the Small Business Innovation Research Program) and phase two (further development of those ideas) of the Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR) under the Small Business Act. Requires such report to determine the quality of the research supported by the SBIR program compared to that supported by affected Federal agencies and the extent to which the goals of the program have been attained.

Requires the Comptroller General, no later than December 31, 1991, to transmit to such committees an update of such report, including an evaluation of phase three (non-Federal capital to pursue commercial applications of the research or research and development of small businesses) of the SBIR program.

Who voted for it

Every House member of the 99th Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 421 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.

421 yea1 nay9 present or did not vote

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Democrats who voted yea(247)

Rep. Bill ClayD-MO-1
Rep. Parren MitchellD-MD-7
Rep. Henry GonzálezD-TX-20
Rep. Mervyn DymallyD-CA-31
Rep. John ConyersD-MI-1
Rep. Gus SavageD-IL-2
Rep. Charles HayesD-IL-1
Rep. Edward RoybalD-CA-25
Rep. Mickey LelandD-TX-18
Rep. Ronald DellumsD-CA-8
Rep. Louis StokesD-OH-21
Rep. Don EdwardsD-CA-10
Rep. Ed TownsD-NY-11
Rep. Major OwensD-NY-12
Rep. George CrockettD-MI-13
Rep. Theodore WeissD-NY-17
Rep. Robert GarciaD-NY-18
Rep. Charlie RangelD-NY-16
Rep. Carl PerkinsD-KY-7
Rep. Pete StarkD-CA-9
Rep. William LehmanD-FL-17
Rep. Cardiss CollinsD-IL-7
Rep. David BoniorD-MI-12
Rep. Peter RodinoD-NJ-10
Rep. Alan WheatD-MO-5
Rep. Harold FordD-TN-9
Rep. Steny HoyerD-MD-5
Rep. William CoyneD-PA-14
Rep. Nick RahallD-WV-4
Rep. Barbara BoxerD-CA-6
Rep. James OberstarD-MN-8
Rep. Mary OakarD-OH-20
Rep. George BrownD-CA-36
Rep. Julian DixonD-CA-28
Rep. Martin SaboD-MN-5
Rep. Gary AckermanD-NY-7
Rep. Sidney YatesD-IL-9
Rep. Ed MarkeyD-MA-7
Rep. Norman MinetaD-CA-13
Rep. William GrayD-PA-2
Rep. Gerry StuddsD-MA-10
Rep. Barney FrankD-MA-4
Rep. Alton WaldonD-NY-6
Rep. Daniel AkakaD-HI-2
Rep. Michael LowryD-WA-7
Rep. Robert KastenmeierD-WI-2
Rep. Dale KildeeD-MI-7
Rep. William FordD-MI-15
Rep. Esteban TorresD-CA-34
Rep. Lane EvansD-IL-17
Rep. Henry WaxmanD-CA-24
Rep. Victor FazioD-CA-4
Rep. Gus HawkinsD-CA-29
Rep. Bill AlexanderD-AR-1
Rep. John WilliamsD-MT-1
Rep. Robert MatsuiD-CA-3
Rep. James ScheuerD-NY-8
Rep. George MillerD-CA-7
Rep. John SeiberlingD-OH-14
Rep. John DingellD-MI-16
Rep. Thomas FogliettaD-PA-1
Rep. Howard BermanD-CA-26
Rep. Meldon LevineD-CA-27
Rep. James WrightD-TX-12
Rep. Allan SwiftD-WA-2
Rep. James HowardD-NJ-3
Rep. Matthew MartínezD-CA-30
Rep. Michael BarnesD-MD-8
Rep. Jim MoodyD-WI-5
Rep. Morris UdallD-AZ-2
Rep. Anthony CoelhoD-CA-15
Rep. Lindy BoggsD-LA-2
Rep. Claude PepperD-FL-18
Rep. James WeaverD-OR-4
Rep. Anthony BeilensonD-CA-23
Rep. Bruce VentoD-MN-4
Rep. Thomas FoleyD-WA-5
Rep. Thomas MantonD-NY-9
Rep. Dave ObeyD-WI-7
Rep. Albert BustamanteD-TX-23
Rep. Stephen SolarzD-NY-13
Rep. Matthew McHughD-NY-28
Rep. Sander LevinD-MI-17
Rep. Bernard DwyerD-NJ-6
Rep. Richard LehmanD-CA-18
Rep. Chester AtkinsD-MA-5
Rep. Jack BrooksD-TX-9
Rep. Brian DonnellyD-MA-11
Rep. John MoakleyD-MA-9
Rep. Robert BorskiD-PA-3
Rep. Thomas DowneyD-NY-2
Rep. Dick GephardtD-MO-3
Rep. Sam GejdensonD-CT-2
Rep. Robert RoeD-NJ-8
Rep. Edward BolandD-MA-2
Rep. Dante FascellD-FL-19
Rep. Nicholas MavroulesD-MA-6
Rep. Charles PriceD-IL-21
Rep. Barbara MikulskiD-MD-3
Rep. Joseph EarlyD-MA-3
Rep. Robert EdgarD-PA-7
Rep. Martin FrostD-TX-24
Rep. Daniel RostenkowskiD-IL-8
Rep. Jerome TraxlerD-MI-8
Rep. Solomon OrtizD-TX-27
Rep. Robert YoungD-MO-2
Rep. Walter JonesD-NC-1
Rep. Chuck SchumerD-NY-10
Rep. Henry NowakD-NY-33
Rep. Howard WolpeD-MI-3
Rep. Fernand St. GermainD-RI-1
Rep. Kenneth GrayD-IL-22
Rep. Frank GuariniD-NJ-14
Rep. Kika de la GarzaD-TX-15
Rep. Catherine LongD-LA-8
Rep. Norm DicksD-WA-6
Rep. Peter ViscloskyD-IN-1
Rep. Stanley LundineD-NY-34
Rep. Tom LantosD-CA-11
Rep. James FlorioD-NJ-1
Rep. Don BonkerD-WA-3
Rep. Harley StaggersD-WV-2
Rep. Berkley BedellD-IA-6
Rep. Frank AnnunzioD-IL-11
Rep. Jerry KleczkaD-WI-4
Rep. John MurthaD-PA-12
Rep. Leon PanettaD-CA-16
Rep. Robert MrazekD-NY-3
Rep. William NatcherD-KY-2
Rep. Barbara KennellyD-CT-1
Rep. Bill HefnerD-NC-8
Rep. Charles RoseD-NC-7
Rep. Ronald ColemanD-TX-16
Rep. Donald PeaseD-OH-13
Rep. Leslie AspinD-WI-1
Rep. Peter KostmayerD-PA-8
Rep. William RichardsonD-NM-3
Rep. Alan MollohanD-WV-1
Rep. Rick BoucherD-VA-9
Rep. Edward FeighanD-OH-19
Rep. Douglas BoscoD-CA-1
Rep. Mario BiaggiD-NY-19
Rep. Douglas WalgrenD-PA-18
Rep. Robert TorricelliD-NJ-9
Rep. Joseph GaydosD-PA-20
Rep. Marcy KapturD-OH-9
Rep. Jamie WhittenD-MS-1
Rep. Robert WiseD-WV-3
Rep. John BryantD-TX-5
Rep. Joseph KolterD-PA-4
Rep. James TraficantD-OH-17
Rep. Dennis HertelD-MI-14
Rep. Beryl AnthonyD-AR-4
Rep. Michael SynarD-OK-2
Rep. Lawrence SmithD-FL-16
Rep. Neal SmithD-IA-4
Rep. Jim BatesD-CA-44
Rep. Charles WilsonD-TX-2
Rep. Glenn AndersonD-CA-32
Rep. Francis McCloskeyD-IN-8
Rep. Ed JonesD-TN-8
Rep. Martin RussoD-IL-3
Rep. Terry BruceD-IL-19
Rep. Charles WhitleyD-NC-3
Rep. Daniel MicaD-FL-14
Rep. Tom DaschleD-SD
Rep. William LipinskiD-IL-5
Rep. Charles DowdyD-MS-4
Rep. Harry ReidD-NV-1
Rep. Tony HallD-OH-3
Rep. Bart GordonD-TN-6
Rep. Dennis EckartD-OH-11
Rep. Richard DurbinD-IL-20
Rep. William BonerD-TN-5
Rep. John LaFalceD-NY-32
Rep. Charles HatcherD-GA-2
Rep. Ron WydenD-OR-3
Rep. Jim CooperD-TN-4
Rep. Byron DorganD-ND
Rep. Don FuquaD-FL-2
Rep. Tom BevillD-AL-4
Rep. Timothy WirthD-CO-2
Rep. Les AuCoinD-OR-1
Rep. John SprattD-SC-5
Rep. Paul KanjorskiD-PA-11
Rep. Thomas LukenD-OH-1
Rep. Norman SisiskyD-VA-4
Rep. Gerald SikorskiD-MN-6
Rep. William ChappellD-FL-4
Rep. Gus YatronD-PA-6
Rep. Bob CarrD-MI-6
Rep. Charles BennettD-FL-3
Rep. Austin MurphyD-PA-22
Rep. Wes WatkinsD-OK-3
Rep. Lee HamiltonD-IN-9
Rep. Jake PickleD-TX-10
Rep. Stephen NealD-NC-5
Rep. Michael AndrewsD-TX-25
Rep. Butler DerrickD-SC-3
Rep. Philip SharpD-IN-2
Rep. James RowlandD-GA-8
Rep. Patricia SchroederD-CO-1
Rep. Buddy MacKayD-FL-6
Rep. Ike SkeltonD-MO-4
Rep. Robert ThomasD-GA-1
Rep. Sam GibbonsD-FL-7
Rep. Harold VolkmerD-MO-9
Rep. Tim ValentineD-NC-2
Rep. Daniel GlickmanD-KS-4
Rep. David McCurdyD-OK-4
Rep. Jim ChapmanD-TX-1
Rep. Thomas CarperD-DE
Rep. William HughesD-NJ-2
Rep. Robin TallonD-SC-6
Rep. Douglas ApplegateD-OH-18
Rep. Ed JenkinsD-GA-9
Rep. Romano MazzoliD-KY-3
Rep. Ben ErdreichD-AL-6
Rep. James OlinD-VA-6
Rep. James SlatteryD-KS-2
Rep. Richard StallingsD-ID-2
Rep. Andrew JacobsD-IN-10
Rep. Samuel StrattonD-NY-23
Rep. Buddy DardenD-GA-7
Rep. Bill NelsonD-FL-11
Rep. James JonesD-OK-1
Rep. Richard ShelbyD-AL-7
Rep. Beverly ByronD-MD-6
Rep. Timothy PennyD-MN-1
Rep. Tommy RobinsonD-AR-2
Rep. John BreauxD-LA-7
Rep. William NicholsD-AL-3
Rep. Royden DysonD-MD-1
Rep. Druie BarnardD-GA-10
Rep. Glenn EnglishD-OK-6
Rep. Thomas HuckabyD-LA-5
Rep. Billy TauzinD-LA-3
Rep. James LeathD-TX-11
Rep. Earl HuttoD-FL-1
Rep. Sonny MontgomeryD-MS-3
Rep. Marilyn LloydD-TN-3
Rep. Richard RayD-GA-3
Rep. Carroll HubbardD-KY-1
Rep. Dan DanielD-VA-5
Rep. Buddy RoemerD-LA-4
Rep. Ralph HallD-TX-4
Rep. Charlie StenholmD-TX-17

Republicans who voted yea(174)

Rep. Stewart McKinneyR-CT-4
Rep. Silvio ConteR-MA-1
Rep. Bill GreenR-NY-15
Rep. Frank HortonR-NY-29
Rep. Claudine SchneiderR-RI-2
Rep. Jim JeffordsR-VT
Rep. Chris SmithR-NJ-4
Rep. Benjamin GilmanR-NY-22
Rep. Matthew RinaldoR-NJ-7
Rep. Hamilton FishR-NY-21
Rep. Joseph McDadeR-PA-10
Rep. Nancy JohnsonR-CT-6
Rep. Olympia SnoweR-ME-2
Rep. Sherry BoehlertR-NY-25
Rep. Robert DavisR-MI-11
Rep. William ClingerR-PA-23
Rep. Jim LeachR-IA-1
Rep. Carl PursellR-MI-2
Rep. Ralph RegulaR-OH-16
Rep. Marge RoukemaR-NJ-5
Rep. Robert CoughlinR-PA-13
Rep. George WortleyR-NY-27
Rep. Joseph DioGuardiR-NY-20
Rep. Thomas RidgeR-PA-21
Rep. John McKernanR-ME-1
Rep. Chalmers WylieR-OH-15
Rep. John MillerR-WA-1
Rep. Sidney MorrisonR-WA-4
Rep. John MyersR-IN-7
Rep. Willis GradisonR-OH-2
Rep. John DuncanR-TN-2
Rep. Don YoungR-AK
Rep. David MartinR-NY-26
Rep. James QuillenR-TN-1
Rep. John RowlandR-CT-5
Rep. Raymond McGrathR-NY-5
Rep. Paul HenryR-MI-5
Rep. Virginia SmithR-NE-3
Rep. Jan MeyersR-KS-3
Rep. Norman LentR-NY-4
Rep. Herbert BatemanR-VA-1
Rep. Jim SaxtonR-NJ-13
Rep. Steven GundersonR-WI-3
Rep. Tom PetriR-WI-6
Rep. Richard SchulzeR-PA-5
Rep. William BroomfieldR-MI-18
Rep. Marion SnyderR-KY-4
Rep. Helen BentleyR-MD-2
Rep. Doug BereuterR-NE-1
Rep. Frank WolfR-VA-10
Rep. Rodney ChandlerR-WA-8
Rep. Guy MolinariR-NY-14
Rep. Charles PashayanR-CA-17
Rep. John PorterR-IL-10
Rep. Dean GalloR-NJ-11
Rep. Jack KempR-NY-31
Rep. William GoodlingR-PA-19
Rep. John HammerschmidtR-AR-3
Rep. Donald RitterR-PA-15
Rep. Earl ColemanR-MO-6
Rep. James CourterR-NJ-12
Rep. Stanford ParrisR-VA-8
Rep. George WhitehurstR-VA-2
Rep. Larry HopkinsR-KY-6
Rep. Edward MadiganR-IL-15
Rep. Manuel LujánR-NM-1
Rep. Thomas TaukeR-IA-2
Rep. John McCainR-AZ-1
Rep. Marjorie HoltR-MD-4
Rep. Hal RogersR-KY-5
Rep. Alex McMillanR-NC-9
Rep. Thomas EvansR-IA-3
Rep. William FranklinR-MS-2
Rep. Bill SchuetteR-MI-10
Rep. William HendonR-NC-11
Rep. Arlan StangelandR-MN-7
Rep. John KasichR-OH-12
Rep. Gene TaylorR-MO-7
Rep. Bill EmersonR-MO-8
Rep. Guy Vander JagtR-MI-9
Rep. W. Bill YoungR-FL-8
Rep. Bob McEwenR-OH-6
Rep. Floyd SpenceR-SC-2
Rep. Daniel CoatsR-IN-4
Rep. William LoweryR-CA-41
Rep. Joseph SkeenR-NM-2
Rep. Robert LivingstonR-LA-1
Rep. Mickey EdwardsR-OK-5
Rep. James LightfootR-IA-5
Rep. Tom BlileyR-VA-3
Rep. Robert WhittakerR-KS-5
Rep. Henry HydeR-IL-6
Rep. Thomas LewisR-FL-12
Rep. William CarneyR-NY-1
Rep. H. CallahanR-AL-1
Rep. William DickinsonR-AL-2
Rep. William FrenzelR-MN-3
Rep. Mac SweeneyR-TX-14
Rep. Jerry LewisR-CA-35
Rep. Toby RothR-WI-8
Rep. Robert SmithR-OR-2
Rep. Edwin ZschauR-CA-12
Rep. Robert MichelR-IL-18
Rep. Clarence MillerR-OH-10
Rep. Bill ThomasR-CA-20
Rep. Jim KolbeR-AZ-5
Rep. Donald SundquistR-TN-7
Rep. Harris FawellR-IL-13
Rep. Lynn MartinR-IL-16
Rep. Clay ShawR-FL-15
Rep. Bill McCollumR-FL-5
Rep. Daniel SlaughterR-VA-7
Rep. George GekasR-PA-17
Rep. Mike DeWineR-OH-7
Rep. Eldon RuddR-AZ-4
Rep. Thomas KindnessR-OH-8
Rep. Michael BilirakisR-FL-9
Rep. Fred EckertR-NY-30
Rep. Hal DaubR-NE-2
Rep. Ron PackardR-CA-43
Rep. Pat RobertsR-KS-1
Rep. Howard CobleR-NC-6
Rep. Newton GingrichR-GA-6
Rep. Kenneth KramerR-CO-5
Rep. Robert LagomarsinoR-CA-19
Rep. Mark SiljanderR-MI-4
Rep. Thomas LoefflerR-TX-21
Rep. John WeberR-MN-2
Rep. Andy IrelandR-FL-10
Rep. John HilerR-IN-3
Rep. Bobbi FiedlerR-CA-21
Rep. Trent LottR-MS-5
Rep. Michael OxleyR-OH-4
Rep. Barbara VucanovichR-NV-2
Rep. Larry CombestR-TX-19
Rep. Bud ShusterR-PA-9
Rep. Eldon BoulterR-TX-13
Rep. Eugene ChappieR-CA-2
Rep. Duncan HunterR-CA-45
Rep. Michael StrangR-CO-3
Rep. Ronald MarleneeR-MT-2
Rep. Gerald SolomonR-NY-24
Rep. William CobeyR-NC-4
Rep. Judd GreggR-NH-2
Rep. Dan SchaeferR-CO-6
Rep. James SensenbrennerR-WI-9
Rep. Thomas HartnettR-SC-1
Rep. Howard NielsonR-UT-3
Rep. Robert DornanR-CA-38
Rep. Larry CraigR-ID-1
Rep. Bill ArcherR-TX-7
Rep. Patrick SwindallR-GA-4
Rep. Carlos MoorheadR-CA-22
Rep. Alfred McCandlessR-CA-37
Rep. Daniel LungrenR-CA-42
Rep. Robert BadhamR-CA-40
Rep. Jack FieldsR-TX-8
Rep. Joe BartonR-TX-6
Rep. Dan BurtonR-IN-6
Rep. Bob SmithR-NH-1
Rep. Norman ShumwayR-CA-14
Rep. Steve BartlettR-TX-3
Rep. James HansenR-UT-1
Rep. Hank BrownR-CO-4
Rep. Connie MackR-FL-13
Rep. Robert WalkerR-PA-16
Rep. David MonsonR-UT-2
Rep. Denny SmithR-OR-5
Rep. Richard CheneyR-WY
Rep. David DreierR-CA-33
Rep. Robert StumpR-AZ-3
Rep. Tom DeLayR-TX-22
Rep. William DannemeyerR-CA-39
Rep. Richard ArmeyR-TX-26

Data notes

The House’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 745 in Voteview), matched to the vote the record cites and checked against its totals. Positions are each member’s DW-NOMINATE score for that Congress, as on the Ideology page; left to right is more liberal to more conservative. Paired and announced yea votes count as yea. Lists follow the compass, most liberal first. A name links to a profile only for members of the current Congress. A law passed by voice vote or unanimous consent has no member list, and neither does a vote Voteview has not yet recorded.

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Committees

The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.

Intelligence (Permanent Select) Committee · House · markup by, referred to, reported by
Armed Services Committee · House · discharged from, referred to
Foreign Affairs Committee · House · discharged from, referred to
Energy and Commerce Committee · House · referred to, reported bySubcommittee: Health and Environment Subcommittee
Small Business Committee · House · markup by, referred to, reported bySubcommittee: SBA, and the General Economy Subcommittee
Science, Space, and Technology Committee · House · markup by, referred to, reported bySubcommittee: Science, Research and Technology Subcommittee
Veterans' Affairs Committee · House · discharged from, referred to

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Timeline

From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 34 actions.

Oct 6, 1986Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 99-443.
Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
Sep 24, 1986PresidentPresident · Presented to President.
Sep 18, 1986FloorFloor · Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
Aug 16, 1986FloorFloor · Held at the desk by unanimous consent.
Aug 13, 1986FloorFloor · Passed House (Amended) by Yea-Nay Vote: 421 - 1 (Record Vote No: 334).House roll call 334
Aug 1, 1986CommitteeCommittee · Discharged from House Armed Services Committee
CommitteeCommittee · Discharged from House Foreign Affairs Committee
CommitteeCommittee · Reported by House Energy and Commerce Committee
CommitteeCommittee · Reported by House Science, Space, and Technology Committee
CommitteeCommittee · Discharged from House Veterans' Affairs Committee
Jul 29, 1986CommitteeCommittee · Discharged from Health and Environment Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee
CommitteeCommittee · Markup by House Science, Space, and Technology Committee
Jul 22, 1986CommitteeCommittee · Reported by Science, Research and Technology Subcommittee of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee
CommitteeCommittee · Markup by Science, Research and Technology Subcommittee of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee
Jul 17, 1986CommitteeCommittee · Reported by House Intelligence (Permanent Select) Committee
CommitteeCommittee · Markup by House Intelligence (Permanent Select) Committee
Jul 16, 1986CommitteeCommittee · Hearings by Science, Research and Technology Subcommittee of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee
Jul 2, 1986CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Science, Research and Technology Subcommittee of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee
Jun 26, 1986CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Health and Environment Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee
Jun 19, 1986CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Intelligence (Permanent Select) Committee
CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Armed Services Committee
CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Foreign Affairs Committee
CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Energy and Commerce Committee
CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Science, Space, and Technology Committee
CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Veterans' Affairs Committee
Jun 18, 1986CommitteeCommittee · Reported by House Small Business Committee
Jun 11, 1986CommitteeCommittee · Markup by House Small Business Committee
May 22, 1986CommitteeCommittee · Reported by SBA, and the General Economy Subcommittee of the House Small Business Committee
CommitteeCommittee · Markup by SBA, and the General Economy Subcommittee of the House Small Business Committee

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Shows the introduction, each committee and subcommittee step the source dates (referral, hearings, markup, report, discharge), and the floor, conference, presidential and became-law steps. Calendar placements, messages between the chambers, amendments and committee report numbers are not shown for laws before the 108th Congress. Two entries the source lists twice are shown once.

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Official record

The bill’s full text and every action, including introduction and committee steps, are on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.