To prohibit the National Science Foundation from conducting certain studies on relationships between Members of Congress with respect to the sharing of guidance and informative documents.

Bill: 115-hr-5743
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Norman, Ralph [R-SC-5]
Introduced: 2018-05-09
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Congressional operations and organization

Government studies and investigations

Members of Congress

Research administration and funding

Research ethics
Latest action: action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-05-09
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill prohibits the use of any federal funds by the National Science Foundation to study:</p> <ul> <li>how Members of Congress set priorities within the constraints of the contemporary legislature;</li> <li>the relationship between Members in the sharing of guidance and informative documents; or </li> <li>the impact of such guidance and documents, including dear colleague letters, sent between Members. </li> </ul>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5743 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 9, 2018 Mr. Norman introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology A BILL To prohibit the National Science Foundation from conducting certain studies on relationships between Members of Congress with respect to the sharing of guidance and informative documents.

1. Prohibition on use of funds for certain studies by the National Science Foundation No Federal funds may be used by the National Science Foundation to conduct a study on— (1) how Members of Congress set priorities within the constraints of the contemporary legislature; (2) the relationships between Members of Congress with respect to the sharing of guidance and informative documents; or (3) the impact of such guidance and informative documents, including dear colleague letters, sent between Members of Congress.