[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 84 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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118th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 84
To prohibit Federal funding to EcoHealth Alliance, Inc., and for other
purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
January 25, 2023
Ms. Ernst (for herself and Mr. Marshall) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health,
Education, Labor, and Pensions
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A BILL
To prohibit Federal funding to EcoHealth Alliance, Inc., 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 ``Defund EcoHealth Alliance Act''.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON FEDERAL FUNDING TO ECOHEALTH ALLIANCE, INC.
(a) In General.--No funds authorized or appropriated by Federal law
may be made available for any purpose to EcoHealth Alliance, Inc.,
including any subsidiaries and related organizations that are directly
controlled by EcoHealth Alliance, Inc., including subgrant or
subcontract organizations or individuals.
(b) GAO Study and Report.--Not later than 2 years after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States
shall conduct a study, and submit a report to Congress, regarding the
amount of Federal funds awarded to EcoHealth Alliance, Inc. (directly
or indirectly through grants, contracts, subgrants, subcontracts, or
any other type of agreement or collaboration), during the 10-year
period preceding such date of enactment, that were provided, whether
purposely or inadvertently, to--
(1) the People's Republic of China;
(2) the Chinese Communist Party;
(3) the Wuhan Institute of Virology; or
(4) any other lab, agency, organization, individual, or
instrumentality that is--
(A) owned or controlled (directly or indirectly) by
any of the entities listed in paragraphs (1) through
(3) or by any other foreign nation; or
(B) located in any foreign nation.
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