WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Senator Todd Young issued the following press release:
U.S. Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), and Andy Kim (D-N.J.) introduced the Web of Biological Data Act, legislation to create a comprehensive, national biological database accessible toAmerican researchers and innovators. Representatives Matt Van Epps (R-Tenn.) and Jake Auchincloss (D-Mass.) introduced companion legislation in the House of Representatives.
In its April 2025 report, the National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology (NSCEB), which Senator Young chairs, concluded that the U.S. must start treating biological data as a strategic national resource (https://www.biotech.senate.gov/final-report/chapter...