S. 1260: United States Innovation and Competition Act of 2021

Bill · 117th Congress (2021–2022). Passed Senate, 8 Jun 2021. Introduced 20 Apr 2021.

Official title: A bill to establish a new Directorate for Technology and Innovation in the National Science Foundation, to establish a regional technology hub program, to require a strategy and report on economic security, science, research, innovation, manufacturing, and job creation, to establish a critical supply chain resiliency program, and for other purposes.

Vote results

How each member voted

Senate

Yea (68): Chuck Grassley (R-IA); Patrick J. Leahy (D-VT); Edward J. Markey (D-MA); Charles E. Schumer (D-NY); Ron Wyden (D-OR); Richard J. Durbin (D-IL); Mitch McConnell (R-KY); Benjamin L. Cardin (D-MD); Thomas R. Carper (D-DE); Jack Reed (D-RI); Dianne Feinstein (D-CA); Sherrod Brown (D-OH); Mike Crapo (R-ID); Patty Murray (D-WA); Robert Menendez (D-NJ); Lindsey Graham (R-SC); Roger F. Wicker (R-MS); Roy Blunt (R-MO); Susan M. Collins (R-ME); Debbie Stabenow (D-MI); Tammy Baldwin (D-WI); Maria Cantwell (D-WA); Rob Portman (R-OH); Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV); John Cornyn (R-TX); Lisa Murkowski (R-AK); Chris Van Hollen (D-MD); Robert P. Casey, Jr. (D-PA); Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY); Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI); Amy Klobuchar (D-MN); Christopher Murphy (D-CT); Jon Tester (D-MT); Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI); Martin Heinrich (D-NM); Ben Ray Luján (D-NM); Jeff Merkley (D-OR); Gary C. Peters (D-MI); James E. Risch (R-ID); Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH); Mark R. Warner (D-VA); Michael F. Bennet (D-CO); Christopher A. Coons (D-DE); Joe Manchin, III (D-WV); Richard Blumenthal (D-CT); Todd Young (R-IN); Brian Schatz (D-HI); Steve Daines (R-MT); Tammy Duckworth (D-IL); Tim Kaine (D-VA); Angus S. King, Jr. (I-ME); Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ); Elizabeth Warren (D-MA); Cory A. Booker (D-NJ); Mike Rounds (R-SD); Ben Sasse (R-NE); Dan Sullivan (R-AK); Thom Tillis (R-NC); Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV); Margaret Wood Hassan (D-NH); Jacky Rosen (D-NV); Tina Smith (D-MN); Mitt Romney (R-UT); Mark Kelly (D-AZ); John W. Hickenlooper (D-CO); Jon Ossoff (D-GA); Alex Padilla (D-CA); Raphael G. Warnock (D-GA).

Nay (32): Richard C. Shelby (R-AL); James M. Inhofe (R-OK); Bernard Sanders (I-VT); Richard Burr (R-NC); Jerry Moran (R-KS); John Thune (R-SD); John Boozman (R-AR); Marsha Blackburn (R-TN); Patrick J. Toomey (R-PA); John Barrasso (R-WY); Bill Cassidy (R-LA); John Hoeven (R-ND); Ron Johnson (R-WI); James Lankford (R-OK); Mike Lee (R-UT); Rand Paul (R-KY); Marco Rubio (R-FL); Tim Scott (R-SC); Tom Cotton (R-AR); Kevin Cramer (R-ND); Ted Cruz (R-TX); Deb Fischer (R-NE); Cynthia M. Lummis (R-WY); Joni Ernst (R-IA); John Kennedy (R-LA); Roger Marshall (R-KS); Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS); Mike Braun (R-IN); Josh Hawley (R-MO); Rick Scott (R-FL); Bill Hagerty (R-TN); Tommy Tuberville (R-AL).

Not in office (2): Kamala D. Harris (D-CA); Kelly Loeffler (R-GA).

Summary

Main subject: Provides funding for semiconductor and wireless supply chain programs, creates a National Science Foundation Directorate for Technology and Innovation, authorizes NASA and Department of State programs, sets domestic procurement and China-related requirements, and amends U.S. trade law. Division A, Division B, Division C, Division D, Division E, Division F, Division G

Its core areas: Semiconductor and wireless supply chain appropriations; National Science Foundation technology directorate and research programs; Research security and foreign talent recruitment programs; Commerce Department regional technology hubs and supply chain resiliency; NASA authorization and space programs; China-related diplomacy, sanctions and reporting; Domestic procurement preferences and federal technology policy; Higher education foreign gift disclosure and related education programs; Trade law: forced labor imports, digital trade, Section 301 exclusions, Generalized System of Preferences and customs user fees.

Unexpected Items: 736 provisions

These provisions fall outside the bill’s main subject or apply narrowly. This describes the text; it is not a judgment.

Not related to the bill’s main subject (132)

Applies only to a specific place or group (386)

Policy change made through a dollar amount (73)

Funds a specific named project or event (18)

Different amount for specific places or groups (9)

Exception or delay for a subset (115)

Changes a government process (3)

What it does

Written automatically from the official text by Claude Sonnet 5.5, an AI model. Written 15 Oct 2026 and published after the automatic checks, without a person reading it first. Every line names the section it came from.

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