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
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 19, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Oct 19, 2021
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
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
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Committees of jurisdiction
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