[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1972 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1972

 To prohibit Federal funding for research centers and laboratories in 
 which nationals of countries of concern conduct agricultural research.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              June 5, 2025

  Mr. Cotton introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit Federal funding for research centers and laboratories in 
 which nationals of countries of concern conduct agricultural research.

    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 ``Bioweapon Prevention Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON FUNDING FOR RESEARCH CENTERS AND LABORATORIES IN 
              WHICH NATIONALS OF COUNTRIES OF CONCERN CONDUCT 
              AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH.

    (a) In General.--No Federal funding shall be available to any 
research center or laboratory in which a national of a country of 
concern conducts agricultural research.
    (b) Definition of Country of Concern.--In this section, the term 
``country of concern'' means--
            (1) the Republic of Cuba;
            (2) the Islamic Republic of Iran;
            (3) the Russian Federation;
            (4) the People's Republic of China, including the Special 
        Administrative Region of Hong Kong and the Special 
        Administrative Region of Macau;
            (5) the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela; and
            (6) the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
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