[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 591 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 591

To prohibit Federal funding to EcoHealth Alliance, Inc., and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 28, 2021

Mr. Reschenthaler introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                 the Committee on Oversight and Reform

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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.
    (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 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.
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