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Adds to Subtitle V of title 31 a new provision establishing the Life Sciences Research Security Board and updates the table of chapters for that subtitle.
Adds paragraph (13) to 5 U.S.C. 13103(f) to include a member of the Life Sciences Research Security Board (established under 31 U.S.C. 7902) among those required to file financial disclosure reports.
Amends the table of chapters for subtitle V of title 31 by adding an entry for the new chapter establishing the Life Sciences Research Security Board.
Amends 5 U.S.C. 13103(f) by modifying punctuation in paragraphs (11) and (12) and adding paragraph (13) to require financial disclosure reports for a member of the Life Sciences Research Security Board established under section 7902 of title 31.
Creates a Life Sciences Research Security Board in subtitle V of title 31 of the U.S. Code and updates the chapter table to reflect that addition. Amends the federal financial-disclosure statute (5 U.S.C. 13103(f)) to require members of the new Board to file the same financial disclosures that apply to other covered officials. The provision does not specify funding, detailed duties, membership size, or an implementation timeline.
Adds new material to the end of subtitle V of title 31, United States Code, to establish the Life Sciences Research Security Board (text of the added material is indicated but not reproduced in this section).
Makes a clerical amendment by adding corresponding entries at the end of the table of chapters for subtitle V of title 31, United States Code.
Amends 5 U.S.C. 13103(f) by (1) striking "and" at the end of paragraph (11); (2) striking the period at the end of paragraph (12) and inserting a semicolon; and (3) adding paragraph (13) to state: "a member of the Life Sciences Research Security Board established under section 7902 of title 31." This adds Board members to the list in section 13103(f).
Who is affected and how:
Life Sciences Research Security Board members: Directly affected; they will be newly required to file federal financial disclosures and comply with associated ethics rules. That creates administrative duties and transparency obligations for individuals serving on the Board.
Scientific research sector (academic and private research institutions, researchers): Indirectly affected; the Board is intended to address research security issues, so institutions and researchers working in life sciences may face new oversight, guidance, or recommendations from the Board in the future. This section itself does not impose direct operational requirements on researchers or institutions.
Federal agencies and federal employees: Agencies that interact with or support the Board will need to coordinate on administrative, legal, and policy matters. Federal employees who serve on or liaise with the Board will need to comply with disclosure and ethics rules.
Government ethics offices and disclosure administrators: Will see additional reporting and review workload because a new category of officials (Board members) must be covered by existing disclosure processes.
Overall effects:
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Introduced March 5, 2025 by Rand Paul · Last progress March 5, 2025
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 164.
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Paul without amendment. Without written report.
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.