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A resolution in support of an international investigation into the handling by the Government of the People's Republic of China of COVID-19 and the impact thereof on the people of the United States…

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A resolution in support of an international investigation into the handling by the Government of the People's Republic of China of COVID-19 and the impact thereof on the people of the United States and other nations.

Introduced: January 27, 2021 Introduced by: Hawley, Josh Republican · Missouri See on congress.gov
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This resolution condemns the Chinese government's decision to hide the emergence and spread of COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) within China. It also calls for an investigation by public health officials from the United States and other affected countries into how China's actions contributed to the global COVID-19 pandemic.

What's happening now January 27, 2021

Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S178)

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Daines, Steve
Montana · Feb 2, 2021
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Cramer, Kevin
North Dakota · Jan 27, 2021
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Tillis, Thomas
North Carolina · Jan 27, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. Res. 18: A resolution in support of an international investigation into the handling by the Government of the People's Republic of China of COVID-19 and the impact thereof on the people of the United States and other nations.. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-SRES-18/
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"S. Res. 18: A resolution in support of an international investigation into the handling by the Government of the People's Republic of China of COVID-19 and the impact thereof on the people of the United States and other nations.." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-SRES-18/.
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S. Res. 18, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-SRES-18/.
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[S. Res. 18: A resolution in support of an international investigation into the handling by the Government of the People's Republic of China of COVID-19 and the impact thereof on the people of the United States and other nations.](https://openamerica.io/bill/117-SRES-18/)
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