Bills Introduced – 1-29-26

Yesterday, with just the Senate in Washington, there were 36 bills introduced. One of those bills may receive additional coverage in this blog:

• S 3741 A bill to require the Secretary of Commerce to promulgate regulations to improve nucleic acid synthesis security, and for other purposes. Cotton, Tom [Sen.-R-AR]

Biosecurity

I can find no bills in the 118^th Congress that would appear to be similar to S 3741. I will be watching this bill for language and definitions that would set physical and/or cybersecurity requirements for laboratories that conduct nucleic acid synthesis research or production.