[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 5056 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 5056

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 29, 2022

Ms. Ernst (for herself and 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 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., 
including any subsidiaries and related organizations that are directly 
controlled by 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 a report to Congress, regarding the 
amount of Federal funds awarded to EcoHealth Alliance, Inc., during the 
10-year period preceding such date of enactment, that were provided, 
whether purposely or inadvertently, to the People's Republic of China, 
the Chinese Communist Party, the Wuhan Institute of Virology, or any 
agency or instrumentality of such entities.
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