# 119-hr-1368: DOE and NASA Interagency Research Coordination Act

119-hr-1368, DOE and NASA Interagency Research Coordination Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Begich, Nicholas J. [R-AK-At Large] (R-AK); status passed_house (as of 2026-09-10).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-1368
- Congress: 119
- Title: DOE and NASA Interagency Research Coordination Act
- Status: passed_house
- Introduced: 2025-02-14
- Sponsor: Rep. Begich, Nicholas J. [R-AK-At Large] (R-AK)
- Cosponsors: 3
- Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-10

## Summary

**DOE–NASA R&D coordination** would create a formal partnership so the Department of Energy and NASA can plan, fund, and share research to meet both agencies’ mission needs across energy, space, and science. - Researchers, national laboratories, and universities would be eligible for competitive, merit-reviewed awards and could gain practical access to DOE research infrastructure and secure data transfer capabilities. - NASA and DOE missions would get coordinated R&D focused on propulsion technologies (including nuclear thermal and nuclear electric propulsion and radioisotope power), modeling and machine learning, quantum information sciences, fundamental physics and earth sciences, radiation health, and technologies for transmitting solar energy from space to Earth. - Oversight and coordination would be formalized through memoranda of understanding and interagency agreements and would include a required report to Congress within two years on achievements, technical gains, and future joint priorities such as clean energy applications like marine energy.

## Cosponsors (3)

- Rep. Kennedy, Mike [R-UT-3] (R-UT), 2025-02-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Whitesides, George [D-CA-27] (D-CA), 2025-02-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7] (D-VA), 2025-08-26T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- DOE and NASA joint research grants: benefit, low. If enacted, DOE and NASA would be able to fund joint research through competitive, merit-reviewed awards. They could use reimbursable or non-reimbursable agreements and work with other federal partners. Eligible applicants would include federal agencies, national labs, colleges, nonprofits, and oth…
- NASA and DOE data sharing and lab access: benefit, low. If enacted, DOE and NASA would develop methods to handle huge voluntary space and aeronautics datasets on supercomputers, even when data quality varies. The bill would also promote secure data sharing and collaboration among DOE, NASA, national labs, and other partners. NASA would get access to DOE…
- Two-year report on DOE and NASA research: benefit, low. If enacted, DOE and NASA would deliver a report to Congress within two years. It would describe joint R&D work, how it expanded agency capabilities, and key results. It would list future joint areas, including clean energy uses like marine energy, and plans to keep coordinating. The report would go…

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## Sources
- [119-hr-1368 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1368)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1368 (as of 2026-09-10).