I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 869 
To authorize appropriations to offset costs resulting from reductions in re-
search productivity in connection with the Coronavirus Disease 2019 
(COVID–19), and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 5, 2021 
Ms. DEGETTE (for herself, Mr. UPTON, Ms. JOHNSON of Texas, Ms. ESHOO, 
Mr. GONZALEZ of Ohio, Mr. BAIRD, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. BEYER, Mr. BLU-
MENAUER, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. BROWN, Ms. BROWNLEY, Mr. BURGESS, 
Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. CARBAJAL, Mr. CASE, Mr. CASTEN, Mr. COHEN, 
Mr. COLE, Mr. COOPER, Mr. CROW, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. 
EVANS, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. FOSTER, Ms. GARCIA of Texas, Mrs. 
HAYES, Mr. HIMES, Ms. HOULAHAN, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mr. 
KHANNA, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. KILMER, Mr. LAMB, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. 
LEVIN of California, Mr. LIEU, Mr. LUCAS, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY 
of New York, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. MCNERNEY, Ms. MENG, Mr. MORELLE, 
Mr. MOULTON, Mrs. MURPHY of Florida, Mr. NADLER, Ms. NEWMAN, 
Ms. NORTON, Mr. O’HALLERAN, Mr. PERLMUTTER, Mr. PETERS, Mr. 
POCAN, Ms. PORTER, Mr. RASKIN, Miss RICE of New York, Ms. ROSS, 
Mr. ROUZER, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. RUSH, Mr. RYAN, Mr. SAN 
NICOLAS, Ms. SA´NCHEZ, Mr. SARBANES, Ms. SCANLON, Mr. SCHNEIDER, 
Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. SWALWELL, Mr. TAKANO, 
Mr. TONKO, Mr. TRONE, Ms. UNDERWOOD, Mr. VARGAS, Ms. 
VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. WELCH, and Mr. DEFAZIO) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committees on 
Agriculture, Armed Services, Education and Labor, Energy and Com-
merce, Natural Resources, and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a 
period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned 
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A BILL 
To authorize appropriations to offset costs resulting from 
reductions in research productivity in connection with 
the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID–19), and for 
other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Research Investment 
to Spark the Economy Act of 2021’’ or the ‘‘RISE Act 
of 2021’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) Federal agencies have provided Federal re-
search awardees flexibility during the Coronavirus 
Disease 2019 (COVID–19) pandemic to support 
graduate and undergraduate students, post-doctoral 
students, principal investigators, and administrative 
and technical support staff. 
(2) Federal agencies may need to provide cur-
rent Federal research awardees extensions to cover 
time lost in awardee facilities and in the field that 
will affect the completion of that agencies’ research 
missions and priorities. Additionally, agencies have 
allowed federally funded laboratories to donate nec-
essary equipment, such as personal protective equip-
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