Biological Intellectual Property Protection Act of 2025

This bill would amend the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 to require a license before digital sequences of synthetic DNA or RNA can be exported, reexported, or transferred to a foreign entity of concern. The Secretary of Commerce would have to put this license requirement in place within 1 year after the law is enacted. The requirement covers sequences designed by humans or by artificial intelligence systems. Foreign entities of concern include governments of certain listed countries, people or companies organized under those countries' laws, and entities they own or control. Information excluded under an existing export regulation section would not need a license.

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Sponsors

• Tom Cotton Republican sponsor
• 3 cosponsors