Executive Order 14292 Act of 2025
This bill would take Executive Order 14292, which addresses Improving the Safety and Security of Biological Research (signed May 5, 2025), and place it into statute by codifying it as law. In effect, the order’s provisions would become binding federal law, rather than administrative policy or executive action alone. The bill does not add new provisions beyond codifying the EO, so the specific safety and security measures would come from the executive order itself, but would now have the force of statutory law. The bill was introduced in the House on June 3, 2025 by Rep. Burchett (for himself and Rep. Luna) and referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Because it codifies an executive directive, the act would help ensure that the safety and security measures for biological research—whatever they may contain in EO 14292—are enduring and legally enforceable across relevant federal programs and institutions that conduct or fund biological research.
Key Points
- 1Codifies Executive Order 14292 into statutory law, making its provisions binding as written law rather than discretionary policy.
- 2The short title of the bill is the “Executive Order 14292 Act of 2025.”
- 3The executive order being codified focuses on improving the safety and security of biological research.
- 4Enforces the EO’s measures through statute, ensuring legal enforceability beyond any particular administration.
- 5The bill was introduced in the House on June 3, 2025 by Mr. Burchett (for himself and Mrs. Luna) and referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.