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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Bioeconomy Research and Development Act of 2020</b></p> <p>This bill directs</p> <ul> <li> the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) to implement a National Engineering Biology Research and Development Initiative;</li> <li>the OSTP to designate an interagency committee to coordinate the initiative; </li> <li>the OSTP to designate or establish an advisory committee on engineering biology research and development;</li> <li>the National Science Foundation (NSF) to seek to enter into an agreement with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to conduct a review related to engineering biology research and development; and </li> <li>the NSF and certain other federal agencies, including the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), to carry out specified research activities as part of the initiative.</li> </ul>]]></text>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Bioeconomy Research and Development Act of 2020</b></p> <p>This bill directs</p> <ul> <li> the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) to implement a National Engineering Biology Research and Development Initiative;</li> <li>the OSTP to designate an interagency committee to coordinate the initiative; </li> <li>the OSTP to designate or establish an advisory committee on engineering biology research and development;</li> <li>the National Science Foundation (NSF) to seek to enter into an agreement with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to conduct a review related to engineering biology research and development; and </li> <li>the NSF and certain other federal agencies, including the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), to carry out specified research activities as part of the initiative.</li> </ul>]]></text>
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