WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty issued the following press release:
United States Senators Bill Hagerty (R-TN) and Gary Peters (D-MI) today applauded congressional passage of their Prohibiting Foreign Access to American Genetic Information (BIOSECURE) Act as part of the FY2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which now heads to the president to be signed into law. The BIOSECURE Act will ban U.S. taxpayer dollars, including government procurement, contracts, loans, and grants, from going to "biotechnology companies of concern"-such as China's BGI Group and other entities designated on the Department of War's so-called "1260H List" of Chinese military companies operating in the United States.
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