Introduced
S. 4227
Introduced in Senate · April 10, 2026March 26, 2026
Ms. Cortez Masto (for herself and Mr. Banks) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
A BILL
To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, to carry out a program under which the Secretary requires each covered distributor of a highly pathogenic agent to comply with certain logbook requirements, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. Short title.
This Act may be cited as the “Preventing Illegal Laboratories and Protecting Public Health Act of 2026”.