Introduce and support legislation to strengthen American robotics manufacturing by improving federal robotics data collection, promoting robotics adoption and voluntary standards, supporting workforce development, coordinating industry solutions, and commercializing NASA robotics research.

Mike Rounds · South Dakota · Republican

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Rounds and Hickenlooper introduced the Robotics Supply Chain Improvement Act, which would direct the Department of Commerce to collect more data and develop standards for new robotics, improve data sharing, promote the use of robotics, develop training and apprenticeship programs, support workforce development and job creation, collect annual robotics adoption data, and push NASA to commercialize robotics research and patents.

Rounds promoted the Robotics Supply Chain Improvement Act as a federal policy proposal to boost U.S. robotics manufacturing and competitiveness through Commerce Department data, standards, industry coordination, workforce development, and NASA commercialization provisions.

Rounds Introduces Legislation to Boost A... | U.S. Senator Mike Rounds
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GovInfo lists S. 5310 as the Robotics Supply Chain Improvement Act, sponsored by Mike Rounds, introduced August 6, 2026, and referred to Senate Commerce.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Official bill record confirms Rounds introduced the relevant robotics bill in the 119th Congress. The record shows it was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, with no enactment yet, but introduction/support was the commitment being checked.

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S. 5310 (IS) - Robotics Supply Chain Improvement Act
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Rounds' Senate office says he and Sen. Hickenlooper introduced legislation to boost American robotics manufacturing through Commerce data collection, NIST standards, workforce coordination, and NASA commercialization.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The official Senate release matches the commitment's components: improved robotics data collection, industry adoption, voluntary standards, workforce development, industry coordination, and commercialization of NASA robotics innovations. No materially newer lookback-window source showed reversal or abandonment.

delivered same_term A for effort

Rounds Introduces Legislation to Boost A... | U.S. Senator Mike Rounds
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The promise was to introduce and support federal legislation with specified robotics manufacturing provisions, not necessarily to secure enactment. Rounds introduced S. 5310, the Robotics Supply Chain Improvement Act, during his current Senate term, and the described bill components match the promise: federal robotics data collection, NIST standards and adoption work, workforce coordination, industry solutions, and NASA robotics commercialization. Because the promised legislative introduction/support occurred in the same federal office term, this counts as delivered.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 94%