NSF gives money to colleges to repeat federally funded research.
S. 5663 — PROOF Act · Filed by Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) · Introduced Sep 30, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The bill sets up a new program at the National Science Foundation. The program gives grants to universities to repeat research. The grants pay for graduate students and research costs. Universities compete for the grants. NSF picks proposals based on science quality and school capacity. NSF also checks for conflicts of interest.
Who it affects
Universities and graduate students get the grants. The public gets more reliable science. Graduate students must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents.
One thing to notice
The bill does not say how much money NSF will give out. Universities must report conflicts of interest. This might stop some researchers from repeating their own studies.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
- Sep 30, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Sep 30, 2026 — Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- National Science Foundation — A federal agency that gives money to scientists and universities to do research.
- federally funded research — Studies that the federal government paid for with tax money.
- conflicts of interest — When someone might benefit from a decision or might not be fair because of money or past work.
- graduate students — Students who are studying for an advanced degree after college.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (5,219 characters) on Oct 16, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-10-20.
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