3.0.0 3012 2023-01-01T23:49:08Z 2023-01-01T23:49:08Z Senate S 2021-10-19 117 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-10-19T22:51:44Z 2021-10-19 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2021-10-19 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001198 Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS] Roger Marshall R KS N P000603 Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY] Rand Paul R KY 2021-10-19 True E000295 Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA] Joni Ernst R IA 2021-10-19 True T000278 Sen. Tuberville, Tommy [R-AL] Tommy Tuberville R AL 2021-10-19 True B001243 Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN] Marsha Blackburn R TN 2021-10-19 True H000601 Sen. Hagerty, Bill [R-TN] Bill Hagerty R TN 2021-10-19 True B001310 Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN] Mike Braun R IN 2021-10-19 True L000575 Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK] James Lankford R OK 2021-10-19 True R000595 Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] Marco Rubio R FL 2021-10-19 True C001095 Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] Tom Cotton R AR 2021-10-19 True W000437 Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] Roger Wicker R MS F. 2021-10-19 True Health Education programs funding Health programs administration and funding Higher education Infectious and parasitic diseases International Affairs Medical research Research administration and funding Health 00 2021-10-19 Introduced in Senate 2021-12-15T17:10:53Z Viral Gain of Function Research Moratorium Act

This bill prohibits the award of federal research grants to institutions of higher education or research institutes that conduct gain-of-function research. Gain-of-function research refers to any research that (1) may be reasonably anticipated to confer attributes to influenza, MERS, or SARS viruses such that the virus would have enhanced pathogenicity or transmissibility in an organism; or (2) involves the enhancement of potential pandemic pathogens or related risky research with potentially dangerous pathogens.

]]> Viral Gain of Function Research Moratorium Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide a moratorium on all Federal research grants provided to any institution of higher education or other research institute that is conducting gain-of-function research. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Viral Gain of Function Research Moratorium Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Viral Gain of Function Research Moratorium Act Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s3012is/xml/BILLS-117s3012is.xml 2021-10-19 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. 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.