Expressing serious concern regarding the publication of instructions on how to create a synthetic human polio virus, and for other purposes.
Latest action · Sep 3, 2002 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Research and Development.
Progress
Where this resolution reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried. A simple resolution is the business of one chamber alone: it is not sent to the other chamber or to the President, and does not become law.
- IntroducedJul 26, 2002
- Agreed to in HouseNot reached
Summary
Calls upon the scientific community, including publishers and editors of scientific publications, to establish ethical standards and exercise restraint to ensure that information that may be used by terrorists is not made widely available Encourages the executive branch to examine all policies relevant to the classification or publication of federally funded research to ensure that information that could be useful in the development of chemical, biological, or nuclear weapons is not made accessible to terrorists or countries of proliferation concern.
Cosponsors 7
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jul 26, 2002.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MI | Bart Stupak | Original | Jul 26, 2002 |
| R-IN | Brian D. Kerns | Original | Jul 26, 2002 |
| D-MS | Gene Taylor | Original | Jul 26, 2002 |
| R-MN | Gil Gutknecht | Original | Jul 26, 2002 |
| R-PA | Joseph R. Pitts | Original | Jul 26, 2002 |
| R-IN | Mike Pence | Original | Jul 26, 2002 |
| R-NC | Walter B. Jones | Original | Jul 26, 2002 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 3, 2002Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Research and Development.
- Jul 29, 2002Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Jul 26, 2002Introduced in House
- Jul 26, 2002Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Science, and Armed Services, 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.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications.
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Biological warfare
- Biological weapons
- Chemical warfare
- Chemical weapons
- Communication in science
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Government Operations and Politics
- International Affairs
- Journalistic ethics
- Nuclear nonproliferation
- Nuclear terrorism
- Nuclear weapons
- Publishers and publishing
- Science and ethics
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Security classification (Government documents)
- Terrorism
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