3.0.0 3600 2023-01-11T13:42:45Z 2023-01-11T13:42:45Z Senate S 2020-05-05 116 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-05-05T19:08:30Z Never Again International Outbreak Prevention Act 116 7132 HR 2020-06-08 Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, the Judiciary, and Oversight and Reform, 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. Related bill CRS Li Wenliang Global Public Health Accountability Act of 2020 116 6421 HR 2020-03-31 Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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. Identical bill CRS Li Wenliang Global Public Health Accountability Act of 2020 116 7733 HR 2020-07-23 Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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. Related bill CRS 2020-05-05 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2020-05-05 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001095 Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] Tom Cotton R AR N H001089 Sen. Hawley, Josh [R-MO] Josh Hawley R MO 2020-05-05 True L000594 Sen. Loeffler, Kelly [R-GA] Kelly Loeffler R GA 2020-05-05 True T000461 Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA] Patrick Toomey R PA J. 2020-05-05 True D000618 Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT] Steve Daines R MT 2020-05-05 True T000476 Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] Thomas Tillis R NC Roland 2020-06-09 False International Affairs Cardiovascular and respiratory health Congressional oversight Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad Emergency medical services and trauma care Foreign property Government information and archives Infectious and parasitic diseases Sanctions Visas and passports World health International Affairs 00 2020-05-05 Introduced in Senate 2020-05-12T14:18:53Z Li Wenliang Global Public Health Accountability Act of 2020

This bill authorizes the President to impose property- and visa-blocking sanctions on foreign individuals and entities involved in deliberate acts to conceal or distort information about a public health emergency of international concern, including COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).

Specifically, the President may impose sanctions on (1) a government official (or a senior associate of such an official) who is responsible for or complicit in deliberate acts to conceal or distort information about an international public health emergency, or who financially benefits from such acts; or (2) a foreign person or entity that has materially assisted or supported such acts.

]]> Li Wenliang Global Public Health Accountability Act of 2020 Display Title Li Wenliang Global Public Health Accountability Act of 2020 Short Title(s) as Introduced Li Wenliang Global Public Health Accountability Act of 2020 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to authorize the imposition of sanctions with respect to the deliberate concealment or distortion of information about public health emergencies of international concern, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s3600is/xml/BILLS-116s3600is.xml 2020-05-05 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.