Executive Order 14292: Improving the Safety and Security of Biological Research

What the order contains

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• Sec. 1. Purpose
• Sec. 2. Policy
• Sec. 3. Stop Dangerous Gain-of-Function Research
• Sec. 4. Secure Future Research Through Commonsense Frameworks
• Sec. 5. Manage Risks Associated with Non-federally Funded Research
• Sec. 6. Increase Accountability and Public Transparency of Dangerous Gain-of-Function Research
• Sec. 7. Future Enforcement Terms
• Sec. 8. Definitions
• Sec. 9. General Provisions

Section 1, quoted from the order

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Dangerous gain-of-function research on biological agents and pathogens has the potential to significantly endanger the lives of American citizens. If left unrestricted, its effects can include widespread mortality, an impaired public health system, disrupted American livelihoods, and diminished economic and national security. The Biden Administration allowed dangerous gain-of- function research within the United States with insufficient levels of oversight. It also actively approved, through the National Institutes of Health, Federal life-science research funding in China and other countries where there is limited United States oversight or reasonable expectation of biosafety enforcement. […]

Federal Register notes

See: EO 14434, September 29, 2026