House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
National Biotechnology Initiative Act of 2025
Official title: To authorize the National Biotechnology Initiative, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Stephanie Bice R-OKWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 9, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 9, 2025 — Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, Agriculture, Energy and Commerce, and Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2756.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. BICE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 64, April 9, 2025, Page H1563):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 9, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 264 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2756, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2756
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of September 19, 2026). 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
23 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 15 Democrats
15 of 23 cosponsors (65%) are from the other party.
Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), James Baird (R-IN), Ami Bera (D-CA), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Donald Davis (D-NC), Brad Finstad (R-MN), Mike Flood (R-NE), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Nick LaLota (R-NY), Greg Landsman (D-OH), April McClain Delaney (D-MD), Max Miller (R-OH), Joseph Morelle (D-NY), James Moylan (R-GU), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Josh Riley (D-NY), Deborah Ross (D-NC), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Eric Sorensen (D-IL), Eugene Vindman (D-VA), George Whitesides (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Stephanie Bice.
- H.J.Res. 24 (119th) Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Energy…
- H.R. 3486 (119th) Stop Illegal Entry Act of 2025
- H.R. 9342 (119th) GPO Modernization Act of 2026
- H.R. 1234 (119th) To direct the Librarian of Congress to promote the more cost-effective, efficient, and expanded availability of the Annotated Constitution…
- H.R. 7418 (119th) STEADFAST Act
- H.R. 1555 (119th) Bureau of Land Management Mineral Spacing Act
Related bills
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.