[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4778 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4778

 To require limitations on research on potential pandemic pathogens of 
                                concern.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             August 4, 2022

 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 require limitations on research on potential pandemic pathogens of 
                                concern.

    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 ``Securing America's Federally-funded 
Extramural Risky Research Act'' or the ``SAFE Risky Research Act''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATIONS ON COUNTRIES OF CONCERN CONDUCTING CERTAIN 
              RESEARCH.

    Beginning not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary shall prohibit federally funded research 
conducted in a foreign institution involving pathogens of pandemic 
potential or biological agents or toxins listed pursuant to section 
351A(a)(1) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262a(a)(1)) 
located in a country of concern, in the estimation of the Director of 
National Intelligence or the head of another relevant Federal 
department or agency, as appropriate, in consultation with the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services.
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