House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Biotechnology Diplomacy and Expertise Enhancement Act of 2026
Official title: To demonstrate United States leadership and to engage successfully in biotechnology diplomacy by recruiting and training biotechnology experts that can advocate for United States biotechnology priorities internationally, to ensure that Regional Technology Officers receive specialized training in biotechnology, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. James Moylan R-GUWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 23, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 23, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9923.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MOYLAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 121, July 23, 2026, Page H5198):Section 8 of Article I of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 23, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 42 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9923, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9923
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 28, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 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 August 28, 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
4 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 3 Democrats
3 of 4 cosponsors (75%) are from the other party.
Stephanie Bice (R-OK), André Carson (D-IN), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Seth Moulton (D-MA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. James Moylan.
- H.R. 6472 (119th) Territorial Student Access to Higher Education Act
- H.R. 877 (119th) Deliver for Veterans Act
- H.R. 6275 (119th) China AI Power Report Act
- H.R. 2149 (119th) Correcting Guam’s History in the PACT Act
- H.R. 10115 (119th) Radiation Exposure Compensation Reauthorization Act of 2026
- H.Res. 1328 (119th) Honoring the 80th anniversary of United States-Philippine relations.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.