National Biosecurity Improvement Act of 2021
Latest action · Dec 16, 2021 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedDec 16, 2021
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
National Biosecurity Improvement Act of 2021
This bill requires the Government Accountability Office to study and report to Congress about policies and past actions of the National Institutes of Health related to enhancing potential pandemic pathogens and similar research that could result in unintended homeland and national security concerns.
Among other matters, the study must address how federal agencies ensure that such research is conducted safely and without compromising national security and the extent to which agencies consider national security information in decisions about whether to fund research in other countries.
Cosponsors 4
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Dec 16, 2021.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-IA | Chuck Grassley | Original | Dec 16, 2021 |
| R-OK | James M. Inhofe | Original | Dec 16, 2021 |
| R-IA | Joni Ernst | Original | Dec 16, 2021 |
| R-TN | Marsha Blackburn | Original | Dec 16, 2021 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 16, 2021Introduced in Senate
- Dec 16, 2021Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Congressional oversight
- Government studies and investigations
- Health
- Health programs administration and funding
- Homeland security
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
- International organizations and cooperation
- Medical research
- Military medicine
- Research administration and funding
- World health
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 16, 2021Introduced in Senate
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