Biological Intellectual Property Protection Act of 2025
Reported from committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- Reported from committee
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- 12
- Latest action
- Apr 22, 2026
What it does
The Biological Intellectual Property Protection Act of 2025 would require a license for the export, reexport, or in-country transfer of digital sequences of synthetic DNA or RNA designed by humans or AI to foreign entities of concern, aiming to prevent intellectual property theft by adversaries like China. It amends the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 to impose this requirement within one year of enactment, with exceptions for information already covered under existing Export Administration Regulations. The bill targets foreign governments, persons, or entities under the jurisdiction of, or controlled by, foreign countries of concern, particularly citing China’s military-civil fusion…
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