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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2286 
To prohibit the disclosure of certain genetic information to the People’s 
Republic of China, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 24, 2025 
Mr. BURCHETT (for himself, Mrs. LUNA, and Mr. DAVIDSON) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To prohibit the disclosure of certain genetic information to 
the People’s Republic of China, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘American Genetic Pri-
vacy Act of 2025’’. 
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN GE-
NETIC INFORMATION TO PEOPLE’S REPUB-
LIC OF CHINA. 
(a) PROHIBITIONS.— 
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(1) SALES.—No individual or entity may sell or 
offer for sale covered information, including aggre-
gated covered information— 
(A) to the People’s Republic of China; or 
(B) to any entity under the influence, con-
trol, or ownership of the People’s Republic of 
China. 
(2) DISCLOSURES BY COMMERCIAL DNA TEST-
ING SERVICES.—No commercial DNA testing service 
may disclose, in any manner, covered information, 
including aggregated covered information— 
(A) to the People’s Republic of China; or 
(B) to any entity under the influence, con-
trol, or ownership of the People’s Republic of 
China. 
(b) ENFORCEMENT BY FEDERAL TRADE COMMIS-
SION.— 
(1) UNFAIR
OR
DECEPTIVE
ACTS
OR
PRAC-
TICES.—A violation of this section shall be treated 
as a violation of a regulation under section 
18(a)(1)(B) of the Federal Trade Commission Act 
(15 U.S.C. 57a(a)(1)(B)) regarding unfair or decep-
tive acts or practices. 
(2) POWERS
OF
COMMISSION.—The Federal 
Trade Commission shall enforce this section in the 
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same manner, by the same means, and with the 
same jurisdiction, powers, and duties as though all 
applicable terms and provisions of the Federal Trade 
Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.) were incor-
porated into and made part of this section. Any per-
son who violates this section shall be subject to the 
penalties and entitled to the privileges and immuni-
ties provided in the Federal Trade Commission Act. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) COMMERCIAL DNA TESTING SERVICE.—The 
term ‘‘commercial DNA testing service’’ means a 
person that provides genealogical or ancestry-related 
information based on an individual’s DNA. 
(2) COVERED INFORMATION.—The term ‘‘cov-
ered information’’ means the genetic information of 
an individual that was originally acquired from such 
individual through the use, by such individual, of a 
commercial DNA testing service. 
(3) GENETIC
INFORMATION.—The term ‘‘ge-
netic information’’ means, with respect to any indi-
vidual, information about such individual’s genetic 
tests. 
(4) GENETIC TEST.—The term ‘‘genetic test’’ 
has the meaning given such term by section 201 of 
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the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 
2008 (Public Law 110–233; 42 U.S.C. 2000ff). 
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