# 119-hr-6009: Defense Biotechnology Strategy Act

119-hr-6009, Defense Biotechnology Strategy Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Houlahan, Chrissy [D-PA-6] (D-PA); status introduced (as of 2026-09-26).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-6009
- Congress: 119
- Title: Defense Biotechnology Strategy Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-11-10
- Sponsor: Rep. Houlahan, Chrissy [D-PA-6] (D-PA)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-26

## Summary

**Requires the Department of Defense to produce a comprehensive strategy on emerging biotechnologies.** This bill would ask DoD, working with its research and acquisition leaders, to submit a strategy within one year that explains how biotechnology will shape future defense capabilities and strengthen industry, interagency, and international relationships. - Defense planners: Would push the Department to update military specifications and to include military-relevant biotechnology in wargames and net assessments so planning reflects biotech risks and opportunities. - Industry and manufacturers: Would direct DoD to plan to develop and expand a network of commercial biomanufacturing facilities and to use advance market commitments or offtake agreements to secure biotech products for defense needs. - NATO and allied governments: Would require plans for DoD support to help NATO members aggregate demand, pool purchasing power, and coordinate joint biotechnology research and development. - Researchers and regulators: Would create a DoD biotechnology regulation science and technology program that includes digital infrastructure, biometrology tools, and a study of a research grand challenge to make biotechnology more predictably engineerable.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Rep. Sessions, Pete [R-TX-17] (R-TX), 2025-11-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA), 2026-01-07T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Pentagon plan for emerging biotechnology: benefit, high. If enacted, the Department of Defense would have to write a strategy on emerging biotechnology and national security within one year. It would be done with the Under Secretary for Research and Engineering and the Under Secretary for Acquisition and Sustainment, and sent to the House and Senate Arme…

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## Sources
- [119-hr-6009 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6009)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6009 (as of 2026-09-26).