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House panel approves Senate bill barring certain agricultural research partnerships with prohibited foreign entities
Summary
The committee passed SB 317, a Senate bill that prohibits institutes of higher education from conducting specified agricultural research activities under contract, producing or selling agricultural products, conducting classified research, or entering certain non‑disclosure agreements with listed foreign adversaries.
Representative Chad Puryear, R‑District 25, presented Senate Bill 317, which he said would prevent institutes of higher education from engaging in certain activities with “prohibited foreign entities,” including conducting classified research, conducting agricultural research under contract, producing or selling agricultural products including seeds, or signing nondisclosure agreements with those entities. The committee voted to pass the bill on a voice vote.
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