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DHS Biodetection Improvement Act

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Introduced
In Committee
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2025-01-23
Introduced
1
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Sponsor

Dale W. Strong
Dale W. Strong
Republican · AL · Representative
Votes with party: 98.3% (591 recorded votes)

Full profile: /officials/S001220

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Cosponsors (1)

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Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

2025-03-12

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Plain-English Summary

DHS Biodetection Improvement Act This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to assess how it has utilized Department of Energy national laboratories and sites for research and development in carrying out DHS missions and to report to Congress a strategy for how DHS will conduct biodetection research and development in coordination with such laboratories and sites.

Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.

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Government Operations and Politics
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