# 119-s-5310: Robotics Supply Chain Improvement Act

119-s-5310, Robotics Supply Chain Improvement Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD] (R-SD); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-10).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-5310
- Congress: 119
- Title: Robotics Supply Chain Improvement Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-08-06
- Sponsor: Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD] (R-SD)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-10

## Summary

**Accelerate domestic robotics development and adoption.** This bill would set a clear federal definition of "robotics" and charge agencies with standards, reporting, workforce training, and tech transfer steps to help U.S. firms design, deploy, and commercialize robots. - Workers and students: Would push federal agencies to create curricula and apprenticeship plans with the Departments of Education and Labor to upskill workers for robotics jobs. NIST must act within 90 days to identify training needs. - Industry and commercialization: Would require NIST to identify standards and barriers for robotics and the Commerce Department to file a robotics adoption and investment report within 1 year and then annually for four years. NASA would be asked to prioritize licensing robotics inventions to the private sector and report on those efforts within 180 days. - Families and critical sectors: Directs coordination on practical uses like home and elder care, food processing, and critical mineral processing to encourage wider deployment across households and industry.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Sen. Hickenlooper, John W. [D-CO] (D-CO), 2026-08-06T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Federal plan to expand robotics adoption: benefit, medium. This bill would require the National Institute of Standards and Technology to act within 90 days to identify barriers and solutions for data sharing, standards, and training to expand robotics use. It would direct NIST's Office of Advanced Manufacturing to promote robotics when possible. It would h…
- NASA to prioritize robotics commercialization: benefit, medium. This bill would direct the NASA Administrator to prioritize licensing and commercialization of NASA robotics inventions, patents, and technologies to the private sector. NASA could use new or existing licensing and marketing mechanisms to support the domestic robotics industrial base. NASA would re…
- Defines which machines count as robotics: mixed, medium. This bill would define what counts as "robotics" for the rest of the law. It would include programmable multi‑functional machines, reprogrammable manipulators programmable in at least three axes, machines that sense and act on their environment, and remotely operated ground vehicles. It would exclu…

## Related bills

- 119-s-3597: National Quantum Initiative Reauthorization Act of 2026
- 119-s-3923: Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Reauthorization Act of 2026
- 119-s-3257: John A. Hauser Mental Health in Aviation Act
- 119-s-5025: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia Act of 2026
- 119-s-4875: PASTEUR Act of 2026
- 119-s-3940: Access to Fair Financing for Opportunity and Resilient Development Act

## Sources
- [119-s-5310 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/5310)

## Related
- [119-s-3597: National Quantum Initiative Reauthorization Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3597)
- [119-s-3923: Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Reauthorization Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3923)
- [119-s-3257: John A. Hauser Mental Health in Aviation Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3257)
- [119-s-5025: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5025)
- [119-s-4875: PASTEUR Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4875)
- [119-s-3940: Access to Fair Financing for Opportunity and Resilient Development Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3940)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5310 (as of 2026-09-10).