To require the Director of the National Science Foundation to carry out a cloud laboratory network program, and for other purposes.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 7801 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7801 To require the Director of the National Science Foundation to carry out a cloud laboratory network program, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 4, 2026 Mr. Obernolte (for himself, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Auchincloss, and Mr. McCormick) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To require the Director of the National Science Foundation to carry out a cloud laboratory network program, 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 ``Cloud Labs to Advance Biotechnology Act of 2026'' or the ``Cloud LAB Act of 2026''. SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. In this Act: (1) Artificial intelligence.--The term ``artificial intelligence'' has the meaning given such term in section 5002 of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (15 U.S.C. 9401). (2) Authorized researcher.--The term ``authorized researcher'' means an individual who has been appropriately authorized to access data generated by the cloud laboratories through a process established by the Director in establishing the cloud laboratory network. (3) Biological data.--The term ``biological data'' means the information, including associated descriptors, derived from the structure, function, or process of a biological system that is either measured, collected, or aggregated for analysis. (4) Cloud laboratory.--The term ``cloud laboratory'' means a physical laboratory that is equipped with research instrumentation and advanced robots that can be programmed and controll