; and (2) the pathogens involved in such research or experiments. . G Other matters 6291. Sense of the Senate on digital trade and the digital economy (a) Findings Congress makes the following findings: (1) Over half of the world’s population, totaling more than 5,000,000,000 people, use the internet. (2) The digital economy encompasses the economic and social activity from billions of online connections among people, businesses, devices, and data as a result of the internet, mobile technology, and the internet of things. (3) The Bureau of Economic Analysis found that the digital economy contributed nearly 10.3 percent of United States gross domestic product and supported 8,000,000 United States jobs in 2020. (4) The digital sector added 1,400,000 new jobs between 2019 and 2022. (5) United States jobs supported by the digital economy have sustained annual wage growth at a rate of 5.9 percent since 2010, as compared to a 4.2 percent for all jobs. (6) In 2021, United States exports of digital services surpassed $594,000,000,000, accounting for more than half of all United States services exports and generating a digital services trade surplus for the United States of $262,300,000,000. (7) Digital trade bolsters the digital economy by enabling the sale of goods on the internet and the supply of online services across borders and depends on the free flow of data across borders to promote commerce, manufacturing, and innovation. (8) Digital trade has become increasingly vital to United States workers and businesses of all sizes, including the countless small and medium-sized enterprises that use digital technology, data flows, and e-commerce to export goods and services across the world. (9) Digital trade has advanced entrepreneurship opportunities for women, people of color, and individuals from otherwise underrepresented backgrounds and enabled the formation of innovative start-ups. (10) International supply chains are becoming increasingly digitized and data driven and businesses in a variety of industries, such as