and help ensure optimal returns on the Federal in-
vestment. 
SEC. 123. DEFINITIONS. 
In this subtitle— 
(1) the term ‘‘Advisory Committee’’ means the 
advisory committee designated under section 125; 
(2) the term ‘‘biomanufacturing’’ means the 
manufacturing of products using biological manufac-
turing technologies; 
(3) the term ‘‘engineering biology’’ means the 
science and engineering of cellular and molecular 
processes to advance fundamental understanding of 
complex natural systems and to develop new and ad-
vance existing products, processes, and systems that 
will contribute significantly to societal well-being, 
national security, and the economy; 
(4) the term ‘‘Interagency Committee’’ means 
the interagency committee designated under section 
124(e); and 
(5) the term ‘‘Program’’ means the National 
Engineering Biology Research and Development 
Program established under section 124. 
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SEC. 124. NATIONAL ENGINEERING BIOLOGY RESEARCH 
AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall implement a 
National Engineering Biology Research and Development 
Program to advance societal well-being, national security, 
and economic productivity and competitiveness through— 
(1) advancing areas of research at the intersec-
tion of the biological, physical, and information 
sciences and engineering; 
(2) supporting social science research that ad-
vances the field of engineering biology and contrib-
utes to the adoption of new products, processes, and 
technologies; 
(3) expanding the number of researchers, edu-
cators, and students with engineering biology train-
ing; 
(4) accelerating the translation and commer-
cialization of engineering biology research and devel-
opment by the private sector; and 
(5) improving the interagency planning and co-
ordination of Federal Government activities related 
to engineering biology. 
(b) PROGRAM ACTIVITIES.—The activities of the Pro-
gram shall include— 
(1) sustained support for engineering biology 
research and development through— 
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(A) grants to individual investigators and 
interdisciplinary teams of investigators; 
(B) projects funded under joint solicita-
tions by a collaboration of no fewer than two 
agencies participating in the Program; and 
(C) interdisciplinary research centers that 
are organized to investigate basic research 
questions and carry out technology development 
and demonstration activities; 
(2) education and training of undergraduate 
and graduate students in research at the intersection 
of biological, physical, and information sciences and 
engineering; 
(3) activities to develop robust mechanisms for 
tracking and quantifying the outputs and economic 
benefits of engineering biology; and 
(4) activities to accelerate the translation and 
commercialization of new products, processes, and 
technologies by— 
(A) identifying precompetitive research op-
portunities; 
(B) facilitating public-private partnerships 
in engineering biology research and develop-
ment; 
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