S1972Referred to Committee
Bioweapon Prevention Act of 2025
Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber4
Passed Both5
Signed into Law119th
Congress
2025-06-05
Introduced
0
Cosponsors
S
ⓘType
Sponsor
Tom Cotton
Republican · AR · Senator
Votes with party: 77.6% (901 recorded votes)
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Cosponsors (0)
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
2025-06-05
Source: Congress.gov
Committee Activity
Currently in
- Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and ForestryReferred To · 2025-06-05
Plain-English Summary
Bioweapon Prevention Act of 2025 This bill prohibits federal funding for any research center or laboratory in which a national of a country of concern conducts agricultural research. Under the bill, a country of concern includes Cuba, Iran, Russia, China, Venezuela, and North Korea.
Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.
Subjects
Agriculture and Food
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