DPA Emerging Technology Act of 2026
Sponsored By: Representative Lynch
Introduced
Summary
This bill would amend the Defense Production Act to create a dedicated Emerging Technology Subcommittee to focus federal coordination on new technologies. It would also set minimum meeting rules, allow the committee chair to form subcommittees, and require a study on a strategic biomanufacturing reserve.
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- Federal agencies would get more structured coordination because the DPA Committee must meet at least twice a year and the chair could form subcommittees for targeted work.
- Defense supply chain planners and industry would face new analysis on how covered technologies affect national defense needs and where they can close supply gaps.
- Technology sectors would see focused attention since the Subcommittee must define “covered technology” and consider AI and robotics, biotechnology, cryptography and quantum computing, materials science, semiconductors, and space.
- Biomanufacturing and national preparedness planners would be subject to an 18‑month evaluation of the benefits, drawbacks, and resources needed to establish a strategic reserve of critical biomanufacturing inputs for defense.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Lynch
MA • D
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