House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
BIOSECURE Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 25, 2024
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 25, 2024 — Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7085.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GALLAGHER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 14, January 25, 2024, Page H253):Article I of the Constitution of the United States of America The single subject of this legislation is: To prohibit contracting with foreign adversary biotechnology providers.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 25, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 176 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7085, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7085
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 4, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of February 4, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
10 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 6 Democrats
6 of 10 cosponsors (60%) are from the other party.
Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Donald Davis (D-NC), Neal Dunn (R-FL), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), John Moolenaar (R-MI), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Brad Wenstrup (R-OH).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mike Gallagher.
- H.R. 7521 (118th) Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act
- H.R. 5917 (118th) Strengthening Tools to Counter the Use of Human Shields Act
- H.R. 915 (118th) Motor Carrier Safety Selection Standard Act
- H.R. 4577 (118th) Protecting U.S. Farmland and Sensitive Sites From Foreign Adversaries Act
- H.R. 1803 (118th) CURD Act
- H.R. 4545 (118th) Retroactive Foreign Agents Registration Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.