H.R. 1368 · Where this bill is now
In the Senate
Passed the House Mar 24, 2025. Received Mar 25, 2025; no Senate vote yet
What this bill does
In plain words · AI-written from the official summaryDOE and NASA research partnership coordination
This bill gives the Department of Energy and NASA official permission to work together on research projects that help both agencies. They can study things like dark matter, share large amounts of space and aeronautical data, work together on data sharing across agencies, and let NASA use DOE's research facilities. The two agencies would need to report jointly on how their partnership is going.
How it affects you
This bill doesn't directly affect most people's daily lives. It's mainly about how two federal agencies organize their work behind the scenes. If you're involved in scientific research or work in these fields, you might eventually benefit from better coordination between these agencies, but the bill itself is focused on the government structure rather than public-facing changes.
Read the official summary (Introduced in House, Feb 14, 2025)
DOE and NASA Interagency Research Coordination Act
This bill provides statutory authority for a research and development partnership between the Department of Energy (DOE) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
Specifically, the bill authorizes DOE and NASA to enter into a memorandum of understanding to support cross-cutting and collaborative research and development that furthers the missions of both agencies. Through the partnership, DOE and NASA may conduct research in a variety of focus areas (e.g., dark matter), develop ways to support large voluntary data sets on space and aeronautical information, promote multi-agency data sharing, and support NASA's access to DOE research infrastructure.
DOE and NASA must jointly report on their collaboration.
Written by AI (Claude) using only the official summary by the Congressional Research Service, the Library of Congress’s nonpartisan research staff. It can miss nuance, so check the official summary and the bill text for details.
1st SessionH. R. 1368
AN ACT
DOE and NASA Interagency Research Coordination Act
Sponsor: Rep. Nicholas Begich (R-AK-At Large) · Introduced Feb 14, 2025 · Science, Technology, Communications · 3 versions of the text
Sources: Congress.gov actions and votes · bill text from GovInfo · latest official action Mar 25, 2025: “Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.”
Sections
The wording of this bill hasn’t changed across its 3 official versions.