HR 4071
117th Congress
House
Health
Asia
China
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Europe
Health programs administration and funding
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Iran
Medical research
Middle East
North Korea
Research administration and funding
Russia
World health
Foreign Gain-of-Function Research Prevention Act of 2021
Introduced: June 22, 2021
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 23, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jun 22, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Jun 22, 2021
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Foreign Gain-of-Function Research Prevention Act of 2021
This bill prohibits the use of federal funds to conduct or support gain-of-function research involving potential pandemic pathogens by China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, or other foreign adversaries. Gain-of-function research is any research that is anticipated to confer an attribute on a pathogen to enhance its pathogenicity or transmissibility in mammals.
If the Department of State finds that an entity has used funds for prohibited research, the entity may not receive any federal funding for a period of five years.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
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