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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 10658
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
October 1, 2026Ms. Davids of Kansas (for herself and Mr. Alford) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To direct the Secretary of Commerce to publish, on an annual basis, an assessment on United States dependency on imported, fermentation-based, biomanufacturing inputs, and for other purposes.
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Short title
This Act may be cited as the Critical Biomanufacturing Input Assessment Act.
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Critical biomanufacturing inputs study
The Secretary of Commerce shall, on an annual basis, submit to Congress an assessment of United States dependency on imported biomanufacturing inputs used in solid-state, gas, and continuous fermentation methods, biomass processing equipment, and scalable commercial-grade fermentation tanks of capacity ranging from 1 to over 75,000 liters.