[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7125 Introduced in House (IH)]
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117th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 7125
To amend the Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Act to
prevent the proliferation of biological weapons under the Cooperative
Threat Reduction Program, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 17, 2022
Mrs. Greene of Georgia introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the
Committee on Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined
by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as
fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
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A BILL
To amend the Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Act to
prevent the proliferation of biological weapons under the Cooperative
Threat Reduction Program, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Stopping the Spread of Taxpayer-
Funded Bioweapons Act of 2022''.
SEC. 2. PREVENTING THE PROLIFERATION OF BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS UNDER THE
COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION PROGRAM.
(a) Prevention of the Proliferation of Biological Weapons.--
(1) In general.--Section 1331(a) of the Department of
Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Act (50 U.S.C. 3731(a)) is
amended by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:
``(6) Cooperative biological engagement.
``(7) Activities that facilitate the detection and
reporting of highly pathogenic diseases or other diseases that
are associated with or that could be used as an early warning
mechanism for disease outbreaks, regardless of whether such
diseases are caused by biological weapons.''.
(2) Conforming amendments.--Such Act (50 U.S.C. 3701 et
seq.) is further amended as follows:
(A) By striking ``, nuclear, or biological
weapons'' each place it appears and inserting ``or
nuclear weapons''.
(B) In section 1321--
(i) in subsection (a)--
(I) in paragraph (1), by striking
``, biological,'';
(II) by striking paragraph (4); and
(III) by redesignating paragraphs
(5) and (6) as paragraphs (4) and (5),
respectively; and
(ii) in paragraph (4), as so redesignated,
by striking ``, chemical, and biological'' and
inserting ``and chemical''.
(C) In section 1344, by striking ``, nuclear, and
biological weapons'' and inserting ``and nuclear
weapons''.
(b) Prohibition on Availability of Funds.--
(1) Prohibition on availability of funds.--Notwithstanding
section 1681(a)(4) of the National Defense Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117-81), none of the funds
authorized to be appropriated for the Cooperative Threat
Reduction program under the Department of Defense Cooperative
Threat Reduction Act (50 U.S.C. 3701 et seq.) for fiscal year
2022 or any fiscal year thereafter may be obligated or expended
for cooperative biological engagement.
(2) Rescission of funds.--Any unobligated funds available
for the Cooperative Threat Reduction program for cooperative
biological engagement as of the date of the enactment of this
Act are hereby rescinded and deposited into the general fund of
the Treasury.
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