[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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