BIOSECURE Act

Sponsor: Brad Wenstrup (R-OH)

This bill prohibits entities that receive federal funds from using biotechnology that is from a company associated with a foreign adversary. Specifically, federal agencies and recipients of federal funds (e.g., grantees) may not procure or use any biotechnology equipment or service that is from a biotechnology company of concern and may not contract with any entities that do so. A biotechnology company of concern is an entity that is under the control of a foreign adversary and that poses a risk to national security based on its research or multiomic data collection (e.g., collection of genomic information).

Health Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.