[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3664 Introduced in House (IH)]
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118th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3664
To prohibit the availability of Federal funds to the World Health
Organization pending the conduct of an investigation relating to the
influence over such organization by Chinese Communist Party, and for
other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 25, 2023
Mr. Santos introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Foreign Affairs
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A BILL
To prohibit the availability of Federal funds to the World Health
Organization pending the conduct of an investigation relating to the
influence over such organization by Chinese Communist Party, 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. PROHIBITION ON FEDERAL FUNDING TO WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
PENDING INVESTIGATION.
(a) Prohibition.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no
Federal funds may be made available, directly or indirectly, to the
World Health Organization until the President--
(1) conducts an investigation, with the compliance of the
Director-General of the World Health Organization, to assess
and determine the level of influence by the Chinese Communist
Party over the operations of the World Health Organization
(including with respect to influence regarding the origin of
COVID-19 and any coverup relating to such origin); and
(2) submits to the appropriate congressional recipients a
report containing the findings of such investigation.
(b) Appropriate Congressional Recipients Defined.--In this section,
the term ``appropriate congressional recipients'' means--
(1) the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on
Ways and Means of the House of Representatives;
(2) the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on
Finance of the Senate;
(3) the Speaker and minority leader of the House of
Representatives; and
(4) the majority leader and minority leader of the Senate.
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