118th Congress · SENATE BILLBILL

S. 2551 — Stopping Genetic Monitoring by China Act

“A bill to impose export controls and sanctions to address the security threat posed by the genetic mapping efforts of the Government of the People's Republic of China and other countries, and for other purposes.”

International affairs

Introduced Jul 26, 2023

Last action Jul 26, 2023

Pipeline · Bill → Law

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Introduced

Jul 26, 2023

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Referred

Jul 26, 2023

Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

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Committee

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Senate

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House floor

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Resolve Changes

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Signed

SummaryCRS Summary

This bill imposes export controls on genetic testing and sequencing technologies and bars exports of such technologies to specific countries. The bill also imposes sanctions on foreign persons (individuals and entities) involved with certain activities, including human rights violations. Specifically, the End-User Review Committee must place on the Commerce Control List (CCL) technologies identified as genetic instruments by the Department of Defense, the Department of State, or the Department of Energy. The committee must also deny licenses required to export or transfer such technology to countries specified in this bill (e.g, Iran, North Korea, China, or Russia) unless the license applic...

Provisions · 4 sectionsIntroduced in Senate

Timeline · 2 actions

Jul 26, 2023

Introduced in Senate

Jul 26, 2023

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.