Dangerous Viral Gain of Function Research Moratorium Act has not moved since its introduction on Feb 26, 2025, with one cosponsor, a Republican
IntroducedFeb 26, 2025
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What it changes · CRS summary
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 87 words.
Dangerous Viral Gain of Function Research Moratorium Act This bill prohibits institutions of higher education or other research institutes that are conducting gain-of-function research from receiving federal research grants. Gain-of-function research means research that (1) involves the genetic alteration of specified viruses, agents, and toxins (e.g., coronavirus) to change or enhance their functions, such as their ability to cause or spread disease; or (2) may reasonably be anticipated to give new traits to such organisms that enhance such functions or otherwise threaten public health or national security.
Context
- Committees
- Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
- Policy area
- Health: 122 of 9,357 bills became law, 113th–118th (1.3%)
- Sponsor
- 2 of 221 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 1: introduced in senate · 260 words
- Subjects
- GeneticsHigher educationInfectious and parasitic diseasesMedical researchResearch administration and funding
- Latest action
- Feb 26, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Exhibit 1Passage odds band at each stage, rated when the bill reached it [4]
Related bills · 0
The bill status record lists no related bills.
Exhibit 2Articles naming the bill per day, last 90 days, US sources [3]