S. 1387 · 119th Congress

National Biotechnology Initiative Act of 2025

Introduced on Apr 9, 2025 by Todd Young (R-IN). One cosponsor. Latest action (Mar 19, 2026): Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Apr 9, 2025
Cosponsors
1
1 from the other party
Policy area
Science, Technology, Communications
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

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

Official title

A bill to authorize the National Biotechnology Initiative, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Administrative law and regulatory procedures
  • Advanced technology and technological innovations
  • Advisory bodies
  • Biological and life sciences
  • Congressional oversight
  • Data collection, sharing, protection
  • Employment and training programs
  • Executive Office of the President
  • Executive agency funding and structure
  • Government information and archives
  • Internet, web applications, social media
  • Research administration and funding
  • Research and development
  • Technology transfer and commercialization

Summary

The Congressional Research Service has not summarized this measure yet.

Sponsor and cosponsors

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

Todd YoungR-INSponsor

Democrats · 1

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. Apr 9, 2025Introduced in Senate
  2. Apr 9, 2025 · SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
  3. Mar 19, 2026 · SenateCommittee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

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. AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MICROBIOLOGY5 reports
    $250K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MICROBIOLOGY$138.4K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  2. With Honor Action, Inc.5 reports
    $400K reported (all issues)
  3. ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND COMPANY3 reports
    $4.9M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: ARCHER-DANIELS-MIDLAND COMPANY$22.8M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  4. Novozymes North America, Inc.3 reports
    $510K reported (all issues)
  5. American Alliance for Biomanufacturing2 reports
    $120K reported (all issues)
  6. KERRY INC. AND AFFILIATES OWNED BY KERRY HOLDING CO INCLUDING NIACET CORPORATION1 report
    $160K reported (all issues)
  7. PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH & MANUFACTURERS OF AMERICA1 report
    $7.4M reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • 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 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 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 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 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.