National Biotechnology Safety Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 2697 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2697 To authorize the National Science Foundation to conduct research for biotechnology risk assessment, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 3, 2025 Mr. Young (for himself and Mr. Padilla) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To authorize the National Science Foundation to conduct research for biotechnology risk assessment, 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 ``National Biotechnology Safety Act''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: (1) Biotechnology is routinely used to modify genetic sequences in plants, animals, and microorganisms, resulting in useful products across agriculture, medicine, indu…