3.0.0 3414 2023-03-08T20:12:10Z 2023-03-08T20:12:10Z Senate S 2021-12-16 117 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-12-16T17:50:44Z 2021-12-16 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2021-12-16 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001198 Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS] Roger Marshall R KS N G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Charles Grassley R IA E. 2021-12-16 True I000024 Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] Jim Inhofe R OK 2021-12-16 True B001243 Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN] Marsha Blackburn R TN 2021-12-16 True E000295 Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA] Joni Ernst R IA 2021-12-16 True Health Congressional oversight Government studies and investigations 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 Health 00 2021-12-16 Introduced in Senate 2022-03-29T16:12:14Z 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.

]]> National Biosecurity Improvement Act of 2021 Display Title National Biosecurity Improvement Act of 2021 Short Title(s) as Introduced National Biosecurity Improvement Act of 2021 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to require the Government Accountability Office to evaluate the policies and actions of the National Institutes of Health with respect to research involving the enhancement of potential pandemic pathogens and related activities. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s3414is/xml/BILLS-117s3414is.xml 2021-12-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.