To establish in the National Institute of Standards and Technology a program of measurement research for engineering biology, biomanufacturing, and biometrology, and for other purposes.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 8981 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8981 To establish in the National Institute of Standards and Technology a program of measurement research for engineering biology, biomanufacturing, and biometrology, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 21, 2026 Mrs. McClain Delaney (for herself, Mr. Obernolte, Ms. Lofgren, and Mr. Moylan) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To establish in the National Institute of Standards and Technology a program of measurement research for engineering biology, biomanufacturing, and biometrology, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Standards and Calibration for American Leadership in Engineering Biology Act'' or the ``SCALE Biology Act''. SEC. 2. NIST BIOMETROLOGY LABORATORY PROGRAM. (a) Certain Implementation Activities.--Subsection (c) of section 2 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 272) is amended-- (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting a comma after ``Director''; (2) by redesignating paragraphs (22) through (32) as paragraphs (23) through (33), respectively; and (3) by inserting after paragraph (21) the following new paragraph: ``(22) perform research to facilitate and support the development of a voluntary, consensus-based set of technical standards, guidelines, best practices, methodologies, procedures, and processes for engineering biology, biomanufacturing, biotechnology, and biometrology;''. (b) Biometrology Laboratory Program.--The National Institute of Standards and Technolog