[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 566 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 566

 To prohibit the availability of Federal funds for programs, projects, 
  or activities in the People's Republic of China until amounts made 
     available for COVID-19 relief in the United States have been 
                  reimbursed, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 26, 2023

Mr. Nehls (for himself and Mrs. Boebert) introduced the following bill; 
         which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit the availability of Federal funds for programs, projects, 
  or activities in the People's Republic of China until amounts made 
     available for COVID-19 relief in the United States have been 
                  reimbursed, 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 ``China Lied People Died Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON FEDERAL FUNDING.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no Federal funds may be 
authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available for any 
program, project, or activity in the People's Republic of China, or 
otherwise made available to the Government of the People's Republic of 
China, until the date on which the Secretary of the Treasury determines 
and certifies to the President that such Government has reimbursed the 
United States in full the $4,600,000,000,000 cost of providing relief 
from the effects of COVID-19. Any amounts provided to the United States 
in the form of such reimbursement shall be deposited in the general 
fund of the Treasury.
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