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COVID Act of 2022

Introduced: January 10, 2022 See on congress.gov
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Jan 18, 2022
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 243.
Jan 10, 2022
Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
Jan 10, 2022
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Coronavirus Origin Validation, Investigation, and Determination Act of 2022 or the COVID Act of 2022

This bill requires the President to impose sanctions and take other actions related to COVID-19 if certain conditions are not met.

Specifically, if the President is unable to certify within 90 days of this bill's enactment that China's government has allowed a transparent international forensic investigation into the origins of COVID-19 and certain laboratories in the city of Wuhan, the President must impose visa- and property-blocking sanctions against (1) individuals with leadership positions in the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS); and (2) officials of the Chinese Communist Party, China's military, or China's State Council who were involved in concealing or restricting information about the initial COVID-19 outbreak in China.

If the certification cannot be made, the President must also (1) prohibit federal funding for collaborative projects between U.S.-based researchers and CAS researchers in any academic field, and (2) prohibit U.S.-based researchers and institutions that receive federal funding from engaging in certain research on viruses with individuals or institutions based in China.

What's happening now January 18, 2022

Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 243.

 Cosponsors 17
All 17 Republican 17