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National Biosecurity Improvement Act of 2021

USA117th CongressS-3414| Senate 
| Updated: 12/16/2021
Roger Marshall

Roger Marshall

Republican Senator

Kansas

Cosponsors (4)
Joni Ernst (Republican)Marsha Blackburn (Republican)James M. Inhofe (Republican)Chuck Grassley (Republican)

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
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.
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Timeline
Dec 16, 2021
Introduced in Senate
Dec 16, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
  • December 16, 2021
    Introduced in Senate


  • December 16, 2021
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Health

Congressional oversightGovernment studies and investigationsHealth programs administration and fundingHomeland securityInfectious and parasitic diseasesIntelligence activities, surveillance, classified informationInternational organizations and cooperationMedical researchMilitary medicineResearch administration and fundingWorld health

National Biosecurity Improvement Act of 2021

USA117th CongressS-3414| Senate 
| Updated: 12/16/2021
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.
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Timeline
Dec 16, 2021
Introduced in Senate
Dec 16, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
  • December 16, 2021
    Introduced in Senate


  • December 16, 2021
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Roger Marshall

Roger Marshall

Republican Senator

Kansas

Cosponsors (4)
Joni Ernst (Republican)Marsha Blackburn (Republican)James M. Inhofe (Republican)Chuck Grassley (Republican)

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

Health

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Congressional oversightGovernment studies and investigationsHealth programs administration and fundingHomeland securityInfectious and parasitic diseasesIntelligence activities, surveillance, classified informationInternational organizations and cooperationMedical researchMilitary medicineResearch administration and fundingWorld health