Reconsideration was started under Obama, too: https://www.science.org/content/article/after-criticism-federal-officials-revisit-policy-reviewing-risky-virus-exp

Reconsideration was started under Obama, too: https://www.science.org/content/article/after-criticism-federal-officials-revisit-policy-reviewing-risky-virus-experiments https://www.science.org/content/article/after-criticism-fede... (published 17 Jan 2017)