HR 591
117th Congress
House
Health
Animal and plant health
Asia
China
Congressional oversight
Environmental health
Government studies and investigations
Health programs administration and funding
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medical research
Political parties and affiliation
Research administration and funding
World health
Defund EcoHealth Alliance Act
Introduced: January 28, 2021
Introduced by:
Reschenthaler, Guy
Republican
· Pennsylvania
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Became law
Jan 28, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
Jan 28, 2021
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Defund EcoHealth Alliance Act
This bill prohibits the award of federal funds to EcoHealth Alliance, Inc. This is a nonprofit research organization that studies coronaviruses in bat populations and other environmental health concerns.
The Government Accountability Office must also audit federal funds provided to that organization over the past decade. The audit must include the amount of those funds provided by EcoHealth Alliance to China, the Chinese Communist Party, or the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
Committees of jurisdiction
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