ACTIVATE Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 9628 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 9628 To direct the Secretary of Defense to collaborate with a federally funded research and development center to assess the biotechnology capabilities of adversaries of the United States, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 17, 2024 Mr. Khanna introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To direct the Secretary of Defense to collaborate with a federally funded research and development center to assess the biotechnology capabilities of adversaries of the United States, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Assessment of Critical Technologies in Adversarial Ventures and Emerging Threats Act'' or the ``ACTIVATE Act''. SEC. 2. AUTHORITY FOR SECRETARY OF DEFE…