Executive orders · 2025

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

SignedMay 5, 2025
Published in the Federal RegisterMay 8, 2025
Citation90 FR 19611 (FR Doc. 2025-08266)
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How the order opens

Section 1 of the order, in its own words (not our summary):

“Dangerous gain-of-function research on biological agents and pathogens has the potential to significantly endanger the lives of American citizens.”

Federal Register notes

The Federal Register's own disposition notes for this order: earlier orders it revokes or amends, and related documents.

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