Title: SAFE Biomedical Research Act
Policy area: Health

Summary:
Securing And Fortifying Everyday Biomedical Research Act or the SAFE Biomedical Research Act
This bill requires the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to address national security concerns with respect to the biomedical research it conducts or supports.
Specifically, the NIH must consult with relevant agencies within the Department of Health and Human Services and other federal partners, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation, regarding research that may affect or be affected by matters of national security. The NIH must also ensure that recipients of its funding adhere to appropriate technology practices and policies to safeguard identifiable, sensitive information.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5626 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5626

   To amend title IV of the Public Health Service Act to require the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of 
  the National Institutes of Health, to consult with certain heads of 
 Federal agencies with respect to biomedical research that may affect 
               national security, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 19, 2021

  Mr. Joyce of Pennsylvania introduced the following bill; which was 
            referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title IV of the Public Health Service Act to require the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of 
  the National Institutes of Health, to consult with certain heads of 
 Federal agencies with respect to biomedical research that may affect 
               national security, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Securing And Fortifying Everyday 
Biomedical Research Act'' or the ``SAFE Biomedical Research Act''.

SEC. 2. DUTIES OF THE DIRECTOR.

    Section 402(b) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 282(b)) 
is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (24), by striking ``; and'' and inserting 
        a semicolon;
            (2) in paragraph (25)(B), by striking the period and 
        inserting a semicolon; and
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (25) the following:
            ``(26) shall consult with the Director of the Office of 
        National Security within the Department of Health and Human 
        Services, the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and 
        Response, the Director of National Intelligence, the Director 
        of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the heads of other 
        appropriate agencies on a regular basis, regarding biomedical 
        research conducted or supported by the National Institutes of 
        Health that may affect or be affected by matters of national 
        security; and
            ``(27) shall ensure that recipients of awards from the 
        National Institutes of Health, and, as appropriate and 
        practicable, entities collaborating with such recipients, have 
        in place and are adhering to appropriate technology practices 
        and policies for the security of identifiable, sensitive 
        information, including information collected, stored, or 
        analyzed by domestic and foreign entities.''.
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