Congress weighs ban on government contracts for ‘adversarial biotech companies’ like China’s BGI

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The Senate version of the National Defense Authorization Act could include a House-authored provision that prohibits government contracts with “adversarial biotech companies.'

The Senate version of the National Defense Authorization Act could include a House-authored provision that prohibits the United States government and its contractors from buying equipment from 'adversarial biotech companies' that work to 'exploit' Americans’ genetic information for 'malign purposes,' Fox News Digital has learned.

The National Counterintelligence and Security Center within the Office of the Director of National Intelligence has warned that China is prioritizing the collection of health care data, including genomic data – which it says the country views as a 'strategic commodity' to be collected and used for its economic and national security priorities.

 

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