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H.R. 2756119th CongressIn committeeLatest action Apr 9, 2025Decoded by AI · checked against the record
Official title: National Biotechnology Initiative Act of 2025
Introduced:
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This bill would create a White House office to coordinate U.S. biotechnology efforts across federal agencies for up to 20 years.
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This bill directs the President to set up a new office inside the White House to coordinate biotechnology work across more than a dozen federal agencies. The office would be led by a presidentially appointed Director and would oversee things like research funding, regulations, worker training, biological security, and international trade for biotech products. The government would also be required to publish a public website with plain-language information and regulatory guidance, and to produce regular reports and a national strategy.
Federal agencies including the Departments of Defense, Agriculture, Health and Human Services, and Energy would take part in this effort. Researchers, businesses, students, workers, and members of the general public who interact with biotechnology in any form would also be affected.
The coordination role is designed to run intensively for 20 years and then shift to a lighter support function. Without a coordinated effort, the U.S. government's biotechnology activities across many agencies would continue to operate separately.
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Right now: a House committee is reviewing it. If the Senate changes it, it goes back to the House before reaching the President.
Latest action: — Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, Agriculture, Energy and Commerce, and Education and Workforce, 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 committee concerned.