Biosecurity Modernization and Innovation Act of 2026
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Summary
What This Bill Does
The bill adds or tightens a product standard, definition change provision: 2. Definitions In this Act: The term covered provider means a person who— synthesizes and sells synthetic nucleic acids to persons in the United States, expands a appropriation provision: 3. Sense of Congress It is the Sense of Congress that— the field of biotechnology is accelerating and the United States is at risk of losing its biotechnology leadership to foreign, and expands a appropriation, reporting req, compliance mandate provision: 4. Nucleic acid synthesis security. It relies on appropriations, reporting requirements, compliance mandates, and product standards. The main policy areas are Defense, Healthcare, Technology, and Labor.
Who Benefits and How
The available clause analysis does not identify a specific beneficiary group.
Who Bears the Burden and How
No clear private burden is identified from the available clause analysis; implementing agencies may still take on administrative work.
Key Provisions
- Adds or tightens a product standard, definition change provision: 2. Definitions In this Act: The term covered provider means a person who— synthesizes and sells synthetic nucleic acids to persons in the United States...
- Expands a appropriation provision: 3. Sense of Congress It is the Sense of Congress that— the field of biotechnology is accelerating and the United States is at risk of losing its biotechnology leadership to foreign...
- Expands a appropriation, reporting req, compliance mandate provision: 4. Nucleic acid synthesis security.
- Expands a appropriation, reporting req, compliance mandate provision: 5.
- Adds or tightens a reporting req, compliance mandate, delegation of rulemaking provision: 6.
Evidence Chain:
This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for primary purpose and policy domains.
At a Glance
What This Bill Does
The bill adds or tightens a product standard, definition change provision: 2. Definitions In this Act: The term covered provider means a person who— synthesizes and sells synthetic nucleic acids to persons in the United States, expands a appropriation provision: 3. Sense of Congress It is the Sense of Congress that— the field of biotechnology is accelerating and the United States is at risk of losing its biotechnology leadership to foreign, and expands a appropriation, reporting req, compliance mandate provision: 4. Nucleic acid synthesis security.
Key Policy Areas
Defense, Healthcare, Technology, Labor
Primary Purpose
The bill adds or tightens a product standard, definition change provision: 2. Definitions In this Act: The term covered provider means a person who— synthesizes and sells synthetic nucleic acids to persons in the United States, expands a appropriation provision: 3. Sense of Congress It is the Sense of Congress that— the field of biotechnology is accelerating and the United States is at risk of losing its biotechnology leadership to foreign, and expands a appropriation, reporting req, compliance mandate provision: 4. Nucleic acid synthesis security.
Policy Domains
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeRead twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, …
Introduced in Senate
Mr. Cotton (for himself and Ms. Klobuchar) introduced the following …
Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_commission"
- → The commission identified in the operative section
- "secretary_of_commerce"
- → Secretary of Commerce
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
a person who— synthesizes and sells synthetic nucleic acids to persons in the United States
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