What This Bill Does · Plain English
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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.
Action Timeline
2025-06-05
Introduced in Senate
2025-06-05
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Frequently Asked Questions
Did S.1972 pass?
S.1972 is still alive. Current stage: COMMITTEE. Pass likelihood: pending.
What does S.1972 do?
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.
Who sponsored S.1972?
S.1972 was sponsored by Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas).
Full Bill Text
119 S1972 IS: Bioweapon Prevention Act of 2025 U.S. Senate 2025-06-05 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. II 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1972 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 5, 2025 Mr. Cotton introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry A BILL To prohibit Federal funding for research centers and laboratories in which nationals of countries of concern conduct agricultural research. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Bioweapon Prevention Act of 2025 . 2. Prohibition on funding for research centers and laboratories in which nationals of countries of concern conduct agricultural research (a) In general No Federal funding shall be available to any research center or laboratory in which a national of a country of concern conducts agricultural research. (b) Definition of country of concern In this section, the term country of concern means— (1) the Republic of Cuba; (2) the Islamic Republic of Iran; (3) the Russian Federation; (4) the People's Republic of China, including the Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong and the Special Administrative Region of Macau; (5) the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela; and (6) the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
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