House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
Biological Intellectual Property Protection Act of 2025
Official title: To restrict the export to foreign entities of concern of United States intellectual property and sensitive information related to synthetic biology, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Warren Davidson R-OHWhere it went
- IntroducedDec 11, 2025
- Committee actionApr 22, 2026
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 22, 2026 — Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 30 - 14.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6624.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DAVIDSON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 209, December 11, 2025, Page H5810):Constitutional citation: Article 1, Section 8: Congress shall have the power . . . 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 thereofSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 11, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 314 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6624, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6624
- 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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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 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
11 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 11 cosponsors (27%) are from the other party.
Nicholas Begich (R-AK), Stephanie Bice (R-OK), Donald Davis (D-NC), Brandon Gill (R-TX), Pat Harrigan (R-NC), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Young Kim (R-CA), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Michael McCaul (R-TX), April McClain Delaney (D-MD), Pete Sessions (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Warren Davidson.
- H.R. 386 (119th) Chinese Currency Accountability Act of 2025
- H.R. 425 (119th) Repealing Big Brother Overreach Act
- H.R. 7866 (119th) American Lending Fairness Act of 2026
- H.R. 7688 (119th) DPA Modernization Act of 2026
- H.R. 1602 (119th) Financial Privacy Act of 2025
- H.R. 724 (119th) CBO Show Your Work 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.