,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #aigb  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #e1      
#bjbe,mr4 ,cotton introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on          
,agriculture1 ,nutrition1 and ,forestry 
,a ,,bill  ,to prohibit ,federal funding
 for research centers and laboratories  
in which nationals of countries of      
concern conduct agricultural research4  
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,bioweapon ,prevention ,act of  
#bjbe4  #b4 ,prohibition on funding for 
research centers and laboratories in    
which nationals of countries of concern 
conduct agricultural research  7a7 ,in  
general ,no ,federal funding shall be   
available to any research center or     
laboratory in which a national of a     
country of concern conducts agricultural
 research4  7b7 ,definition of country  
of concern ,in this section1 the term   
country of concern means-- 7#a7 the     
,republic of ,cuba2  7#b7 the ,islamic  

,republic of ,iran2  7#c7 the ,russian  
,federation2  7#d7 the ,people's        
,republic of ,china1 including the      
,special ,administrative ,region of     
,hong ,kong and the ,special            
,administrative ,region of ,macau2  7#e7
 the ,bolivarian ,republic of           
,venezuela2 and  7#f7 the ,democratic   
,people's ,republic of ,korea4