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<dc:title>117 HR 591 IH: Defund EcoHealth Alliance Act</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2021-01-28</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">I</distribution-code><congress display="yes">117th CONGRESS</congress><session display="yes">1st Session</session><legis-num display="yes">H. R. 591</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</current-chamber><action display="yes"><action-date date="20210128">January 28, 2021</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="R000610">Mr. Reschenthaler</sponsor> introduced the following bill; which was referred to the <committee-name committee-id="HGO00">Committee on Oversight and Reform</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title display="yes">To prohibit Federal funding to EcoHealth Alliance, Inc., and for other purposes.</official-title></form><legis-body id="HF2B8E799D3EE413C96910420C4F829A1" style="OLC"><section id="H8970596E75604982A77D9A7ED40247E8" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Defund EcoHealth Alliance Act</short-title></quote>.</text></section><section id="H40B9D3B34F404563B09CD364D749E716"><enum>2.</enum><header>Prohibition on Federal Funding to EcoHealth Alliance, Inc</header><subsection id="H04F24219EA574125BE0D209414F0450D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No funds authorized or appropriated by Federal law may be made available for any purpose to EcoHealth Alliance, Inc.</text></subsection><subsection id="HB35C22279A49464E868DFDEED5E4068F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>GAO study and report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 to Congress a report, on the amount of Federal funds awarded to EcoHealth Alliance, Inc., during the 10-year period preceding such date of enactment were provided, whether purposely or inadvertently, to the People’s Republic of China, Chinese Communist Party, or the Wuhan Institute of Virology, or any agency or instrumentality thereof. </text></subsection></section></legis-body></bill> 

