,,ib ,union ,calendar ,no4 #fed #aaith  
,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4 ,r4 #cjbi
 ,report ,no4 #aai-gea ,,in ,,the       
,,house ,,of ,,representatives  ,april  
#bh1 #bjbe,ms4 ,salinas 7for herself and
 ,mr4 ,mc,cormick7 introduced the       
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,science1 ,space1 and 
,technology  ,july #af1                 
#bjbf;,additional sponsors3 ,ms4        
,mc,bride and ,mr4 ,riley of ,new ,york 
,july #af1 #bjbf;,committed to the      
,committee of the ,whole ,house on the  
,state of the ,union and ordered to be  
printed  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the       
,research and ,development1             
,competition1 and ,innovation ,act to   
support nucleic acid screening1 and for 
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited ,nucleic ,acid        
,standards for ,biosecurity ,act4  #b4  
,supporting nucleic acid screening      
,section #ajbba of the ,research and    
,development1 ,competition1 and         
,innovation ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #ahica2 

enacted as part of title ,,ii of        
division ,b of ,public ,law #aag-afg7 is
 amended-- 7#a7 in subsection 7a77#a7-- 
7,a7 in subparagraph 7,c71 by striking  
and after the semicolon2  7,b7 by       
redesignating subparagraph 7,d7 as      
subparagraph 7,e72 and  7,c7 by         
inserting after subparagraph 7,c7 the   
following new subparagraph3  7,d7 best  
practices1 guidelines1 and technical    
standards for risk management associated
 with engineering biology and           
biomanufacturing1 including risks       
associated with the use of artificial   
intelligence2 and  2  7#b7 by           
redesignating subsections 7b7 and 7c7 as
 subsections 7c7 and 7d71 respectively2 
and  7#c7 by inserting after subsection 
7a7 the following new subsection3  7b7  
,nucleic acid synthesis screening tools 
and standards  7#a7 ,in general ,the    
,director1 in consultation with heads of
 ,federal agencies the ,director        
considers appropriate1 shall carry out  
measurement research to support the     

development and improvement of best     
practices and technical standards for   
biosecurity measures related to nucleic 
acid synthesis1 including the following3
 7,a7 ,testing to improve the accuracy1 
efficacy1 and reliability of screening  
for nucleic acid synthesis4  7,b7 ,best 
practices1 including security and access
 controls1 for operational security and 
managing sequence-of-concern databases  
to support such screening4  7,c7        
,technical implementation guidance to   
ensure such screening is effective and  
secure4  7,d7 ,conformity-assessment    
best practices and technical standards4 
7,e7 ,methods to evaluate the impact and
 effectiveness of the implementation of 
subparagraphs 7,a7 through 7,d74  7#b7  
,consortium ,in carrying out this       
subsection1 the ,director shall convene 
a consortium of stakeholders1 including 
industry1 institutions of higher        
education1 nonprofit organizations1 and 
customers to carry out the following3   
7,a7 ,develop and periodically update   

consensus priorities and best practices1
 as appropriate1 for synthetic nucleic  
acid procurement screening mechanisms4  
7,b7 ,develop roadmaps to inform the    
activities carried out under paragraph  
7#a74  7#c7 ,report ,not later than #ah 
months after the first meeting of the   
consortium under paragraph 7#b71 the    
,director shall submit to the ,committee
 on ,commerce1 ,science1 and            
,transportation of the ,senate and the  
,committee on ,science1 ,space1 and     
,technology of the ,house of            
,representatives a report summarizing   
the findings of the consortium4  7#d7   
,authorization of appropriations ,of the
 funds authorized to be appropriated for
 the ,national ,institute of ,standards 
and ,technology pursuant to this section
 for scientific and technical research  
and services laboratory activities1     
there is authorized to be appropriated  
#e1jjj1jjj for each of fiscal years     
#bjbf through #bjcj to carry out this   
subsection4  4  ,july #af1              

#bjbf;,committed to the ,committee of   
the ,whole ,house on the ,state of the  
,union and ordered to be printed