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RepublicanBill · S. 1972· Senate(119-S-1972)

Bioweapon Prevention Act of 2025

Rep. Cotton
Age: 49 years
Arkansas
Introduced
6/5/2025
Last activity
6/5/2025 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Sponsored by
Tom Cotton
Cosponsors
None
Agriculture and Food
  1. Introduced
  2. In Committee

What this bill would do

This bill is known as the Bioweapon Prevention Act of 2025. It stops any Federal funding from going to research centers and laboratories where nationals from certain countries conduct agricultural research. The countries listed as concerns are Cuba, Iran, Russia, China (including Hong Kong and Macau), Venezuela, and North Korea.

Yes

  • Does this reduce what the federal government spends?+1

    The bill reduces spending by cutting federal funding to specific research entities.

  • Does this give the federal government more power?+1

    The bill expands federal authority to restrict funding based on researcher nationality.

The opposite· 3 of 7

  • Would immigrants be better off under this?-5

    The bill negatively affects specific foreign nationals performing agricultural research.

  • Does this put more money into scientific research?-5

    The bill restricts federal funding for specific agricultural research involving foreign nationals.

  • Does this put more money into medical research?-5

    The bill restricts federal research funding for institutions employing certain foreign nationals.