S. 738 119th Congress Senate

Dangerous Viral Gain of Function Research Moratorium Act

Official title: A bill to provide a moratorium on all Federal research grants provided to any institution of higher education or other research institute that is conducting dangerous gain-of-function research.

Introduced: February 26, 2025 Introduced by: Roger Marshall Republican · Kansas See on congress.gov

Health GeneticsHigher educationInfectious and parasitic diseasesMedical researchResearch administration and funding

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Feb 26, 2025

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Dangerous Viral Gain of Function Research Moratorium Act

This bill prohibits institutions of higher education or other research institutes that are conducting gain-of-function research from receiving federal research grants. Gain-of-function research means research that (1) involves the genetic alteration of specified viruses, agents, and toxins (e.g., coronavirus) to change or enhance their functions, such as their ability to cause or spread disease; or (2) may reasonably be anticipated to give new traits to such organisms that enhance such functions or otherwise threaten public health or national security.

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Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
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Blackburn, Marsha

Tennessee · Feb 26, 2025

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 738: Dangerous Viral Gain of Function Research Moratorium Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-738/

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