Congress funds rules for safe DNA and RNA manufacturing
H.R. 3029 — To amend the Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation Act to support nucleic acid screening, and for other purposes. · Filed by Andrea Salinas (D-OR) · 3 cosponsors · Introduced Apr 28, 2025 · Passed chamber
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What it does
This bill tells NIST to make rules and tools for safe DNA and RNA manufacturing. NIST must bring together companies, schools, and nonprofits. They will set screening standards and report back in 18 months. The bill gives $5 million per year from 2027 to 2031.
Who it affects
Companies that make DNA and RNA will help set rules. Schools and nonprofits will also take part. People benefit from stronger screening that reduces harmful risks.
One thing to notice
The bill funds research and rule-making but does not set up penalties for breaking the rules. It mentions artificial intelligence as a risk but does not say how AI risks will be handled.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
3 cosponsors: 2 Democrats, 1 Republicans.
- Apr 28, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Apr 28, 2025 — Referred to House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology and Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology”
- Apr 29, 2025 — Markup held in committee · Congress.gov: “Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held”
- Apr 29, 2025 — Reported out of committee · Congress.gov: “Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote”
- Jul 20, 2026 — Passed the House · Congress.gov: “On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4666)”
- Jul 20, 2026 — Floor vote scheduled · Congress.gov: “Mr. Babin moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- screening — Checking orders or samples to find ones that could be dangerous.
- standards — Rules that say how something must be done or checked.
- NIST — The National Institute of Standards and Technology, a government agency.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (2,922 characters) on Jul 21, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,928 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-11-03.
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