US: Executive Order on Advancing Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Innovation for a Sustainable, Safe, and Secure American Bioeconomy
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USA, September 2022 - Executive Order on Advancing Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Innovation for a Sustainable, Safe, and Secure American Bioeconomy coordinates "a whole-of-government approach to advance biotechnology and biomanufacturing towards innovative solutions in health, climate change, energy, food security, agriculture, supply chain resilience, and national and economic security".
Within the Section 1. Policy., of the Executive Order 14081, it is mentioned that "biotechnology harnesses the power of biology to create new services and products, which provide opportunities to grow the United States economy and workforce and improve the quality of our lives and the environment". It also defines the overall activity resulted from biotechnology and biomanufacturing as "the bioeconomy".
The following sections of the document are: 2. Coordination; 3. Harnessing Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing R&D to Further Societal Goals; 4. Data for the Bioeconomy; 5. Building a Vibrant Domestic Biomanufacturing Ecosystem; 6. Biobased Products Procurement; 7. Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Workforce; 8. Biotechnology Regulation Clarity and Efficiency; 9. Reducing Risk by Advancing Biosafety and Biosecurity; 10. Measuring the Bioeconomy; 11. Assessing Threats to the United States Bioeconomy; 12. International Engagement; 13. Definitions; 14. General Provisions.
Source: The White House.