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S 3012 117th Congress Senate Health Education programs funding Health programs administration and funding Higher education Infectious and parasitic diseases Medical research Research administration and funding

Viral Gain of Function Research Moratorium Act

Introduced: October 19, 2021 Introduced by: Marshall, Roger Republican · Kansas See on congress.gov
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Oct 19, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Oct 19, 2021
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Viral Gain of Function Research Moratorium Act

This bill prohibits the award of federal research grants to institutions of higher education or research institutes that conduct gain-of-function research. Gain-of-function research refers to any research that (1) may be reasonably anticipated to confer attributes to influenza, MERS, or SARS viruses such that the virus would have enhanced pathogenicity or transmissibility in an organism; or (2) involves the enhancement of potential pandemic pathogens or related risky research with potentially dangerous pathogens.

What's happening now October 19, 2021

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Republican 8
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Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · Oct 19, 2021
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Cotton, Tom
Arkansas · Oct 19, 2021
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Ernst, Joni
Iowa · Oct 19, 2021
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Hagerty, Bill
Tennessee · Oct 19, 2021
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Lankford, James
Oklahoma · Oct 19, 2021
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Paul, Rand
Kentucky · Oct 19, 2021
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Tuberville, Tommy
Alabama · Oct 19, 2021
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Wicker, Roger F.
Mississippi · Oct 19, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3012: Viral Gain of Function Research Moratorium Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-3012/
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"S. 3012: Viral Gain of Function Research Moratorium Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-3012/.
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S. 3012, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-3012/.
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