National Biotechnology Initiative Act of 2025
House Bill Would Create White House-Led Biotechnology Office to Boost U.S. Competitiveness
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No legislative action in over 90 days.
↔Companion bill: Sens. Young and Padilla Introduce Bill to Create National Biotechnology Coordination OfficeLegislative Progress
Key Points
- Creates a government-wide biotechnology effort, led from the White House, to boost national security and U.S. competitiveness.
- Sets up a new coordination office and an interagency committee so agencies like Agriculture, Defense, Health, and EPA work from one plan.
- Directs agencies to speed up research, improve biological data systems, and help companies turn biotech inventions into real products.
- Pushes “regulatory streamlining” so biotech products can move through federal review with clearer steps, timelines, and a one-stop online portal.
- Authorizes funding through the National Science Foundation to run the coordination office: $22 million (2026), $35 million (2027), and $25 million each year (2028–2030).
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Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, Agriculture, Energy and Commerce, and Education and Workforce, 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.
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Congressional Bill
Official Title
National Biotechnology Initiative Act of 2025
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