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S. 3734

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A bill to provide for a coordinated Federal research initiative to ensure continued United States leadership in engineering biology.
About This Bill
Introduced
Latest Action · December 15, 2020
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 636.
Congress
116th (2019–2021)
Introduced
May 14, 2020
Sponsor
Sen. Kirsten GillibrandD
Cosponsors (3)
1D 2R
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Bioeconomy Research and Development Act of 2020 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 OSTP to designate or establish an advisory committee on engineering biology research and development; the National Science Foundation (NSF) to seek to enter into an agreement with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to conduct a review 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.

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