Expand access to hands-on biotechnology education for high school students.

Richard McCormick · Georgia · Republican

policy impact 0.44 specificity 0.81 extraction confidence 94%

Commitment kind: unknown. Promised action: not established. Promised outcome: not established. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired.

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Occurrences

Representatives McCormick & McBride Introduce Legislation to Expand Biotechnology Education ... introduced the bipartisan Biotechnology for All High School Students Act. The legislation aims to increase access to hands-on biotechnology education

Introduced legislation to expand hands-on biotechnology education for high school students.

Press Releases | Representative Mccormick
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Evidence

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GovInfo lists H.R. 8268 as introduced April 14, 2026 by Sarah McBride for herself and Richard McCormick, referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, with last action date April 14, 2026. The bill title is 'To support biotechnology education for secondary school students.'

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): McCormick took concrete legislative action by joining introduction of a bill directly matching the commitment, but the official record still shows only introduction and committee referral, not enactment or program implementation.

unresolved same_term A for effort

GovInfo - H.R. 8268 (IH), Biotechnology for All High School Students Act
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 96%

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The Rules Committee amendment list for H.R. 8800 includes amendment 733, sponsored by McBride with Ross, Garamendi, and Houlahan, summarized as establishing the National Biotechnology Education Consortium to support biotechnology education in high schools and identical to H.R. 8268. Its status is 'Submitted,' not made in order.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): A later attempt to attach the H.R. 8268 concept to the FY2027 NDAA appears only as a submitted amendment, with no official sign it advanced. This supports unresolved status as of the August 12-14 lookback, while showing continued legislative movement around the proposal.

unresolved same_term A for effort

House Rules Committee - H.R. 8800, FY2027 NDAA Amendments
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 88%

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Assessments

Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): never. same_term A for effort

McCormick materially attempted to fulfill the promise by joining introduction of H.R. 8268, a bill directly aimed at supporting biotechnology education for secondary school students. However, the evidence shows the bill only reached introduction and committee referral, and a related NDAA amendment was merely submitted without being made in order or enacted. There is no evidence that the promised expansion of hands-on biotechnology education access was passed or implemented during the relevant federal office context.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 90%