Preventing Illegal Laboratories and Protecting Public Health Act of 2026
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, Preventing Illegal Laboratories and Protecting Public Health Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators. The main policy domain is Government Operations, Criminal Justice, Healthcare.
Who Benefits and How
federal agencies and legislative administrators may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section H0960F78FF43444C4A5088A7A8ED3E874: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Preventing Illegal Laboratories and Protecting Public Health Act of 2026.
- Section HB6D2FA05D2C04B80B4DC1EEE539827CA: 2. Requiring certain distributors of highly pathogenic agents to keep a logbook of sales, leases, loans, and other transfers The Secretary shall carry out a...
- Section HCB5A51AB9327482C9E9F09F7CD6BB93F: 3. Evaluation of high-containment laboratories The National Security Advisor, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Secretary of...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, Preventing Illegal Laboratories and Protecting Public Health Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.
Key Policy Areas
Government Operations, Criminal Justice, Healthcare
Primary Purpose
This bill, Preventing Illegal Laboratories and Protecting Public Health Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- federal agencies and legislative administrators
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeRead twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, …
Introduced in Senate
Ms. Cortez Masto (for herself and Mr. Banks) introduced the …
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_defense"
- → Secretary of Defense
- "secretary_of_agriculture"
- → Secretary of Agriculture
- "secretary_of_homeland_security"
- → Secretary of Homeland Security
- "secretary_of_health_and_human_services"
- → Secretary of Health and Human Services
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