Washington, July 21 -- Congresswoman McClain Delaney issued the following press release:
Congresswoman April McClain Delaney's (D-MD-06) bipartisan Standards and Calibration for American Leadership in Engineering Biology (SCALE Biology) Act (https://mcclaindelaney.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/mcclaindelaney.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/scale-biology-act.pdf) advanced this week out of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee, marking a significant step forward in strengthening U.S. leadership in biotechnology.
The SCALE Biology Act would establish a dedicated biometrology research program at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Biometrology-the science of measurement applied to engineering biology-is ...