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SRES 718 118th Congress Senate Health

A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the United States Government should immediately place a moratorium on all federally funded gain-of-function research given the increased safety…

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A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the United States Government should immediately place a moratorium on all federally funded gain-of-function research given the increased safety concerns.

Introduced: June 4, 2024 Introduced by: Marshall, Roger Republican · Kansas See on congress.gov
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Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S3956-3957)
Jun 4, 2024
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This resolution expresses the sense of the Senate that Congress should consider S. 81, which prohibits the award of federal research grants to institutions of higher education or research institutes that conduct gain-of-function research. (Under the bill, gain-of-function research refers to any research that (1) could confer attributes to influenza, MERS, or SARS viruses such that the virus would have enhanced pathogenicity or transmissibility in an organism; or (2) involves methods that could enhance potential pandemic pathogens or related risky research with potentially dangerous pathogens.)

What's happening now June 4, 2024

Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S3956-3957)

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Lee, Mike
Utah · Jun 4, 2024
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. Res. 718: A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the United States Government should immediately place a moratorium on all federally funded gain-of-function research given the increased safety concerns.. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-SRES-718/
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"S. Res. 718: A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the United States Government should immediately place a moratorium on all federally funded gain-of-function research given the increased safety concerns.." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-SRES-718/.
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S. Res. 718, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-SRES-718/.
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[S. Res. 718: A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the United States Government should immediately place a moratorium on all federally funded gain-of-function research given the increased safety concerns.](https://openamerica.io/bill/118-SRES-718/)
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