HR 5270
117th Congress
House
Health
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Genetics
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medical research
Research administration and funding
Pausing Enhanced Pandemic Pathogen Research Act of 2021
Introduced: September 17, 2021
Introduced by:
Carter, Earl L. "Buddy"
Republican
· Georgia
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 20, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sep 17, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Sep 17, 2021
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Pausing Enhanced Pandemic Pathogen Research Act of 2021
This bill temporarily prohibits the National Institutes of Health from conducting or supporting research on any influenza virus or coronavirus if the research is reasonably expected to increase the virus's pathogenicity or transmissibility in mammals via the respiratory route.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
2
Cosponsors
1