§242v–2 Protecting America’s biomedical research enterprise

Summary

The Secretary must work with the President’s national security adviser, the Director of National Intelligence, the FBI, other federal agencies, research institutions, and outside experts to find and close gaps in how federally funded biomedical research protects intellectual property, proprietary data, and sensitive information about research participants. The Secretary must also create and recommend steps to prevent or reduce national security threats to biomedical research — including problems tied to foreign talent programs or state actors trying to steal U.S. technology — and to guard against misuse of information (for example during peer review). The Secretary must build a way to spot emerging research areas that could be risky if foreign influence grows and must regularly update these recommendations. Not later than 1 year after December 29, 2022, the Secretary must prepare and send a report, in a way that does not harm national security, to the President and to the Senate Committees on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and the Select Committee on Intelligence; the House Committees on Energy and Commerce and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence; and other congressional committees as needed.