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S. 1972 119th Congress Senate

Bioweapon Prevention Act of 2025

Official title: A bill to prohibit Federal funding for research centers and laboratories in which nationals of countries of concern conduct agricultural research.

Introduced: June 5, 2025 Introduced by: Tom Cotton Republican · Arkansas See on congress.gov
Agriculture and Food
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Jun 5, 2025
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1972: Bioweapon Prevention Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1972/
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"S. 1972: Bioweapon Prevention Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1972/.
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S. 1972, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1972/.
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