# 119-hr-5747: Preventing Illegal Laboratories and Protecting Public Health Act of 2025

119-hr-5747, Preventing Illegal Laboratories and Protecting Public Health Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-21] (D-CA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-5747
- Congress: 119
- Title: Preventing Illegal Laboratories and Protecting Public Health Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-10-14
- Sponsor: Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-21] (D-CA)
- Cosponsors: 6
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**This bill would require electronic tracking of transfers of highly pathogenic agents and would strengthen federal oversight of high-containment laboratories.** It would direct HHS, acting through the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR), to list high-risk agents and to require covered distributors to keep detailed electronic logbooks of every sale, lease, loan, or transfer. - Distributors and purchasers: Covered distributors would have to record each transfer in an electronic logbook with the agent name, purchaser contact details, intended use and housing, date/time and method of transfer, and the purchaser's signature. Distributors must verify government-issued ID, give purchasers a criminal-penalty notice, and retain entries for at least three years. - Repositories, biobanks, and institutions: Publicly funded repositories and biobanks that transfer agents would be treated as covered distributors. If ownership of a distributor changes the successor would assume custody of the logbooks for the remaining retention period. - Federal oversight and labs: The National Security Advisor would designate a single federal entity to conduct periodic strategic evaluations of high-containment laboratories and to report recommendations to the President and Congress. That entity would create a Public Health Biosafety and Biosecurity Team as a federal point of contact within one year and HHS would publish an initial list of high-risk agents in six months with annual updates.

## Cosponsors (6)

- Rep. Valadao, David G. [R-CA-22] (R-CA), 2025-10-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kiley, Kevin [I-CA-3] (I-CA), 2025-10-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fong, Vince [R-CA-20] (R-CA), 2025-12-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lee, Susie [D-NV-3] (D-NV), 2026-02-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1] (D-NV), 2026-02-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA), 2026-04-09T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- One agency would oversee high-security labs: benefit, high. The National Security Advisor would pick one federal agency to lead reviews of high-containment labs. That agency would set up a Public Health Biosafety and Biosecurity Team within one year. It would regularly check how many labs exist, where they are, their missions, capacity, security, and overal…
- HHS would list highly dangerous agents: benefit, medium. HHS would create an official list of highly pathogenic agents. The first list would be due within 6 months of enactment and updated every year. HHS would consult CDC, NIH, DHS, USDA, Interior, and Defense and follow current biosafety and NIH guidance when updating the list.
- New logbooks and ID checks for dangerous agents: mixed, medium. Distributors of listed high-risk agents would have to keep an electronic log of every sale, lease, loan, or transfer. They would record the agent name, buyer contact details, intended use, where it will be housed, dates and method, and a buyer signature. Before a transfer, distributors would check…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-4393: DIGNIDAD (Dignity) Act of 2025
- 119-hr-842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act
- 119-hr-2853: Combating Organized Retail Crime Act of 2025
- 119-hr-1422: Enhanced Iran Sanctions Act of 2025
- 119-hr-4382: America’s Olympic and Paralympic Games Commemorative Coins Act
- 119-hr-6130: ASAP Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-5747 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5747)

## Related
- [119-hr-4393: DIGNIDAD (Dignity) Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4393)
- [119-hr-842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage A…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-842)
- [119-hr-2853: Combating Organized Retail Crime Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2853)
- [119-hr-1422: Enhanced Iran Sanctions Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1422)
- [119-hr-4382: America’s Olympic and Paralympic Games Commemorative Coins Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4382)
- [119-hr-6130: ASAP Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6130)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5747 (as of 2026-04-21).