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No WHO Pandemic Preparedness Treaty Without Senate Approval Act
Introduced: February 15, 2023
Introduced by:
Johnson, Ron
Republican
· Wisconsin
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Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 15, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Feb 15, 2023
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
No WHO Pandemic Preparedness Treaty Without Senate Approval Act
This bill establishes that any convention or agreement on pandemic-related issues reached by the World Health Assembly (WHA) pursuant to a specified negotiating body shall be deemed to be a treaty requiring the advice and consent of the Senate.
Specifically, this bill applies to any international instrument negotiated by the intergovernmental negotiating body established by the WHA in December 2021 to strengthen pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
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