Tech bills of the week: Managing biological data; Evaluating quantum computing’s impact on national security; and more
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ByAlexandra Kelley,
Staff Correspondent, Nextgov/FCW
June 18, 2026 02:53 PM ET
The latest tech legislation looks to create a database that can aid biotechnology development, understand how quantum computing could affect national security and give the U.S. public a share in the biggest AI companies.
Organizing and sharing biological data
A proposal seeks to create a comprehensive database of biological data to make available to American researchers with the goal of centralizing critical information to accelerate the U.S. biotechnology sector.
Introduced on Tuesday by Sens. Todd Young, R-Ind., Mike Rounds, R-S.D., and Andy Kim, D-N.J., the Web of Biological Data Act looks to democratize access to biological data for research and development purposes. The bill stems from an earlier Senate reportthat examined the national security implications of emerging biotechnology and found that China’s approach to exploit public data has...
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