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119th CONGRESS
1st Session |
To allow for greater collaboration between the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority and the network of Manufacturing USA institutes.
Mr. Tillis (for himself and Mr. Coons) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
To allow for greater collaboration between the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority and the network of Manufacturing USA institutes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
This Act may be cited as the “Agility in Manufacturing Preparedness Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. Increasing BARDA strategic initiatives.
Section 319L(c)(4)(F) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d–7e(c)(4)(F)) is amended—
(1) in the second sentence, in the matter preceding clause (i), by inserting “, manufacturing technologies, platforms,” after “countermeasures”; and
(2) by inserting after the first sentence the following: “Such strategic coordination may include collaborating with the network of Manufacturing USA institutes established under section 34 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act in biomanufacturing missions to develop, demonstrate, and deploy technologies and response capabilities to improve public health and medical preparedness.”.