To codify Executive Order 14292 relating to improving the safety and security of biological research.

Sponsor: Keith Self (Republican-TX)July 23, 2025

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Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Makes biological research safety rules legally binding

This bill would make existing rules for biological research safety and security legally binding. Currently, these rules come from an Executive Order. This bill would make them actual laws. This means organizations doing biological research would have to follow these safety standards.

What Would Change

Today, Executive Order 14292 provides guidelines for biological research safety, but its rules are not legally binding. If this bill passes, those same rules would become federal law, making them legally enforceable for all affected research entities.

Key Provisions

Requires Executive Order 14292, which sets rules for biological research safety and security, to become a federal law.

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HR 4729 · 119th Congress · July 23, 2025 · AI Summary by gemini-2.5-flash · 10/10

To codify Executive Order 14292 relating to improving the safety and security of biological research.

What Would Change

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