,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #cdeb  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,december #aa1 
#bjbe,mr4 ,cotton 7for himself1 ,ms4    
,hassan1 and ,mr4 ,budd7 introduced the 
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,banking1
 ,housing1 and ,urban ,affairs  ,a      
,,bill  ,to restrict the export to      
foreign entities of concern of ,united  
,states intellectual property and       
sensitive information related to        
synthetic biology1 and for other        
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,biological         
,intellectual ,property ,protection ,act
 of #bjbe4  #b4 ,sense of ,congress ,it 
is the sense of ,congress that-- 7#a7   
the ,people's ,republic of ,china is    
conducting a systematic campaign to     
access and exploit sensitive ,united    
,states data and intellectual property  
to modernize its military1 intelligence1
 and other security apparatuses1 enable 
human rights abuses1 and develop        

dual-use strategic technologies2  7#b7  
access by the ,people's ,republic of    
,china to sensitive ,united ,states data
 and intellectual property poses grave  
and direct threats to ,united ,states   
national security2  7#c7 the efforts of 
the ,people's ,republic of ,china to    
access such data and intellectual       
property are supported by a             
military-civil fusion strategy1 through 
which the ,people's ,republic of ,china 
increases the size of its               
military-industrial complex by          
compelling civilian ,chinese companies  
and research institutions to support its
 military and intelligence activities1  
which results in ostensibly private and 
civilian companies that access ,united  
,states capital supporting the          
modernization of the ,people's          
,liberation ,army2  7#d7 the law of the 
,people's ,republic of ,china requires  
that all citizens of the ,people's      
,republic of ,china cooperate with      
national security priorities1 enabling  

the modernization of the ,people's      
,liberation ,army1 including through--  
7,a7 the ,national ,security ,law of    
#bjae1 which states that citizens of the
 ,people's ,republic of ,china shall    
have duties and obligations to maintain 
national security2  7,b7 the ,national  
,intelligence ,law of #bjag1 which      
states that all organizations and       
citizens shall support1 assist1 and     
cooperate with national intelligence    
work2  7,c7 the ,data ,security ,law of 
#bjba1 which states that where a public 
security organ or national security     
organ needs to obtain data for the sake 
of national security or for             
investigating crimes in accordance with 
the law ''' the relevant organizations  
and individuals shall cooperate2 and    
7,d7 the ,counterespionage ,law1 revised
 in #bjbc1 which states that citizens of
 the ,people's ,republic of ,china have 
the duty to maintain the security1 honor
 and interests of the state1 and shall  
not engage in any act that endangers the

 security1 honor or interests of the    
state2  7#e7 the export of novel        
synthetic ,,dna and ,,rna sequences     
provides insight into the designs and   
research of biotechnology entities1     
leading to a high potential for         
intellectual property theft by foreign  
adversaries2 and  7#f7 the ,united      
,states should therefore control the    
export of synthetic ,,dna and ,,rna     
sequences to foreign adversaries4  #c4  
,license requirement to protect ,united 
,states intellectual property and       
sensitive information related to        
synthetic biology ,part ,i of the       
,export ,control ,reform ,act of #bjah  
7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #dhaa et seq47 is amended
 by inserting after section #ageh the   
following3  #ageh;,a4 ,license          
requirement to protect ,united ,states  
intellectual property and sensitive     
information related to synthetic biology
  7a7 ,license requirement ,not later   
than #a year after the date of the      
enactment of this section1 the          

,secretary shall1 except as provided for
 in subsection 7b71 require a license   
for the export1 reexport1 or in-country 
transfer to a foreign entity of concern 
of a digital sequence of synthetic ,,dna
 or ,,rna designed by humans or         
artificial intelligence systems4  7b7   
,exception ,the requirement for a       
license under subsection 7a7 shall not  
apply with respect to information       
described in section #gcd4c7;b7 of the  
,export ,administration ,regulations4   
7c7 ,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7 
,digital sequence ,the term digital     
sequence means a binary file or other   
digital representation containing       
symbols representing the identity1      
order1 and any chemical modification for
 each position in a ,,dna or ,,rna      
molecule4  7#b7 ,foreign country of     
concern ,the term foreign country of    
concern has the meaning given that term 
in section #ajfab7;a7 of the ,research  
and ,development1 ,competition1 and     
,innovation ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4         

#aibba7;a774  7#c7 ,foreign entity of   
concern ,the term foreign entity of     
concern means-- 7,a7 a government entity
 of a foreign country of concern2  7,b7 
a foreign person subject to the         
jurisdiction of1 or organized under the 
laws of1 a foreign country of concern2  
or  7,c7 a foreign person owned1        
directed1 or controlled by an entity    
described in subparagraph 7,a7 or 7,b74 
7#d7 ,synthetic ,,dna or ,,rna ,the term
 synthetic ,,dna or ,,rna means-- 7,a7  
molecules that are constructed by       
joining nucleic acid molecules and can  
replicate in a living cell1 such as     
recombinant nucleic acids2  7,b7 nucleic
 acid molecules that are chemically or  
by other means synthesized1 including   
such molecules that are chemically or   
otherwise modified but can base pair    
with naturally occurring nucleic acid   
molecules1 such as synthetic nucleic    
acids2 or  7,c7 molecules that result   
from the replication of molecules       
described in subparagraph 7,a7 or 7,b74 

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