# 119-hres-417: Commemorating the National Science Foundation's 75th anniversary.

119-hres-417, Commemorating the National Science Foundation's 75th anniversary., is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Beyer, Donald S. [D-VA-8] (D-VA); status introduced (as of 2025-12-21).

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- As of: 2025-12-21
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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hres-417
- Congress: 119
- Title: Commemorating the National Science Foundation's 75th anniversary.
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-05-15
- Sponsor: Rep. Beyer, Donald S. [D-VA-8] (D-VA)
- Cosponsors: 24
- Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-12-21

## Summary

**Commemorates the National Science Foundation's 75th anniversary and reaffirms support for its mission to advance U.S. science, engineering, and education.** The resolution would recall NSF's 1950 founding to promote research that boosts health, prosperity, and national defense. It highlights that NSF-funded work reaches all 50 states and 14 U.S. territories and supports roughly 350,000 researchers, students, teachers, and entrepreneurs each year. It credits NSF investments with helping catalyze the internet, MRI technology, 3-D printing, artificial intelligence, the creation of American Sign Language, gravitational wave detection, and LASIK eye surgery, and notes 268 Nobel Prize winners associated with NSF-supported work.

## Cosponsors (24)

- Rep. Obernolte, Jay [R-CA-23] (R-CA), 2025-05-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-11] (D-IL), 2025-05-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Stevens, Haley M. [D-MI-11] (D-MI), 2025-05-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Franklin, Scott [R-FL-18] (R-FL), 2025-05-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2025-05-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McBath, Lucy [D-GA-6] (D-GA), 2025-05-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7] (D-IL), 2025-05-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24] (D-CA), 2025-05-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] (D-MA), 2025-05-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fleischmann, Charles J. "Chuck" [R-TN-3] (R-TN), 2025-05-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Barragán, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44] (D-CA), 2025-05-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7] (D-IN), 2025-05-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Stansbury, Melanie A. [D-NM-1] (D-NM), 2025-05-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-6] (D-MI), 2025-05-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McClain Delaney, April [D-MD-6] (D-MD), 2025-05-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2] (D-CA), 2025-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Williams, Nikema [D-GA-5] (D-GA), 2025-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Budzinski, Nikki [D-IL-13] (D-IL), 2025-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9] (D-OH), 2025-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lucas, Frank D. [R-OK-3] (R-OK), 2025-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3] (D-NY), 2025-06-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-21] (D-CA), 2025-06-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28] (D-CA), 2025-06-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5] (D-CT), 2025-06-27T00:00:00.000Z

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- 119-hr-2102: Major Richard Star Act
- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hres-1641: Honoring the contributions of Indian Americans and supporting the designation of July as "Indian American Heritage Month".
- 119-hr-1993: 25th Anniversary of 9/11 Commemorative Coin Act
- 119-hr-4206: CONNECT for Health Act of 2025
- 119-hr-842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act

## Sources
- [119-hres-417 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/417)

## Related
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- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hres-1641: Honoring the contributions of Indian Americans and supporting the designation o…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hres-1641)
- [119-hr-1993: 25th Anniversary of 9/11 Commemorative Coin Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1993)
- [119-hr-4206: CONNECT for Health Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4206)
- [119-hr-842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage A…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-842)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hres-417 (as of 2025-12-21).