[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7916 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7916

To prohibit the use of funds to implement any obligations of the United 
  States under the World Health Organization's Global Pandemic Treaty.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 31, 2022

  Mr. Jackson (for himself, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Posey, Mr. Gimenez, Mrs. 
Miller of Illinois, Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia, Mrs. Harshbarger, Mr. 
Pfluger, Mr. Bost, Mr. Emmer, Mr. Waltz, Mr. Wittman, Mr. Sessions, Mr. 
Cloud, Mr. Norman, Mr. Biggs, Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois, Mr. Gosar, 
 Mr. Gohmert, and Mr. Steube) introduced the following bill; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit the use of funds to implement any obligations of the United 
  States under the World Health Organization's Global Pandemic Treaty.

    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 ``Protecting American Sovereignty 
Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS.

    (a) In General.--No funds available to any Federal department or 
agency may be used to implement any obligations of the United States 
under the World Health Organization's Global Pandemic Treaty.
    (b) Definition.--In this section, the term ``World Health 
Organization's Global Pandemic Treaty'' means the Zero draft report by 
the Working Group on Strengthening WHO Preparedness and Response to 
Health Emergencies, and any related or successor reports and 
recommendations regarding pandemics as created by the World Health 
Organization.
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