SCALE Biology Act

This bill would require the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to set up a biometrology laboratory program that does measurement research for engineering biology, biomanufacturing, and biotechnology. The program would support research on measuring biological materials and data, develop voluntary technical standards, give outside groups access to its research facilities, support graduate training, keep a public list of common terms, and support engineering biology foundries. NIST would have to seek input from universities, industry, nonprofits, and other agencies, and coordinate with other federal programs. NIST would submit an implementation plan to Congress within 1 year and a progress report within 3 years. The bill also repeals an earlier related section of federal law and updates legal definitions.

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Sponsors

• Ted Budd Republican sponsor
• 1 cosponsors