SCALE Biology Act

This bill would create a biometrology laboratory program at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to do measurement research for engineering biology, biomanufacturing, and biotechnology. The program would support research, help develop voluntary technical standards, provide access to research facilities, support graduate training, keep a public list of common terms, and support the development of engineering biology foundries. NIST would have to submit an implementation plan to Congress and a report on the program within three years. The bill authorizes funding from $55 million in fiscal year 2026 up to $85 million in fiscal year 2030, and it moves and adds definitions for terms like biomanufacturing and biosecurity in existing law.

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Sponsors

• April McClain Delaney Democrat sponsor
• 5 cosponsors