Engineering Biology Research and Development Act of 2019

To provide for a coordinated Federal research initiative to ensure continued United States leadership in engineering biology.

Subjects

Science, Technology, Communications

Engineering Biology Research and Development Act of 2019

This bill directs

the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) to implement a National Engineering Biology Research and Development Initiative;
the OSTP to designate an interagency committee to coordinate the initiative;
the President to establish an Initiative Coordination Office;
the OSTP to designate or establish an advisory committee on engineering biology research and development;
the National Science Foundation (NSF) to enter into an agreement with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to conduct a review and make recommendations with respect to the ethical, legal, environmental, and other appropriate societal issues related to engineering biology research and development; and
the NSF and certain other federal agencies, including the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), to carry out specified research activities as part of the initiative.

S. 3734Bioeconomy Research and Development Act of 2020
2020-12-15Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 636.
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2019-09-18
Introduced in House
2019-09-18
Introduced in House
2019-09-18
Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
2019-09-25
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2019-09-25
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
2019-11-05
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. H. Rept. 116-270.
2019-11-05
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. H. Rept. 116-270.
2019-11-05
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 215.
2019-12-09
Ms. Johnson (TX) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
2019-12-09
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H9356-9359)
2019-12-09
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4373.
2019-12-09
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H9356-9358)

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