H.R. 6624 · 119th Congress

Biological Intellectual Property Protection Act of 2025

Introduced on Dec 11, 2025 by Warren Davidson (R-OH-8). 11 cosponsors, 3 of them from another party. Latest action (Apr 22, 2026): Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 30 - 14.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Dec 11, 2025
Cosponsors
11
3 from the other party
Policy area
International Affairs
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Progress

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  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To restrict the export to foreign entities of concern of United States intellectual property and sensitive information related to synthetic biology, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Advanced technology and technological innovations
  • Asia
  • China
  • Data collection, sharing, protection
  • Europe
  • Genetics
  • Intellectual property
  • Iran
  • Licensing and registrations
  • Middle East
  • North Korea
  • Russia
  • Trade restrictions
  • Trade secrets and economic espionage

Summary

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Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Warren DavidsonR-OH-8Sponsor

Democrats · 3

Republicans · 8

Roll calls

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No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

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  1. Dec 11, 2025Introduced in House
  2. Dec 11, 2025Introduced in House
  3. Dec 11, 2025 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
  4. Apr 22, 2026 · HouseCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  5. Apr 22, 2026 · HouseOrdered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 30 - 14.

Committees

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Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. Twist Bioscience Corporation3 reports
    $240K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: TWIST BIOSCIENCE CORPORATION$166.3K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  2. AMGEN INC.2 reports
    $5M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMGEN INC.AI match · 99%
  3. FDD Action2 reports
    $540K reported (all issues)
  4. LENOVO (UNITED STATES) INC.2 reports
    $1.1M reported (all issues)
  5. Demand Progress Action, Inc1 report
    $70K reported (all issues)
  6. GSK (fka GLAXOSMITHKLINE INC.)1 report
    $890K reported (all issues)
  7. PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH & MANUFACTURERS OF AMERICA1 report
    $7.4M reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 8, 2026 · loaded Oct 8, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 7, 2026 · loaded Oct 7, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.