Biological Intellectual Property Protection Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 6624 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6624 To restrict the export to foreign entities of concern of United States intellectual property and sensitive information related to synthetic biology, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 11, 2025 Mr. Davidson (for himself, Ms. Houlahan, Mrs. Bice, Mr. McCaul, Mr. Sessions, and Mr. Harrigan) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To restrict the export to foreign entities of concern of United States intellectual property and sensitive information related to synthetic biology, 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 ``Biological Intellectual Property Protection Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. It is the sense of Congress that-- (1) the People's Republic of China is conducting a systematic campaign to access and exploit sensitive United States data and intellectual property to modernize its military, intelligence, and other security apparatuses, enable human rights abuses, and develop dual-use strategic technologies; (2) access by the People's Republic of China to sensitive United States data and intellectual property poses grave and direct threats to United States national security; (3) the efforts of the People's Republic of China to access such data and intellectual property are supported by a military-civil fusion strategy, through which the People's Republic of China increases the size of its military-industrial complex by compelling civilian Chinese companies and research institutions to support its military and intelligence ac