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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Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Introduced in Senate
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.
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