[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 685 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 685

  To direct the President, in consultation with the Secretary of the 
  Treasury, to develop and carry out a strategy to seek reimbursement 
  from the People's Republic of China of funds made available by the 
   United States Government to address the Coronavirus Disease 2019 
                              (COVID-19).


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 31, 2023

  Mr. Steube introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To direct the President, in consultation with the Secretary of the 
  Treasury, to develop and carry out a strategy to seek reimbursement 
  from the People's Republic of China of funds made available by the 
   United States Government to address the Coronavirus Disease 2019 
                              (COVID-19).

    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 ``Chinese Government COVID-19 
Accountability Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) The United States economy has been severely affected by 
        the Government of the People's Republic of China's controls on 
        media reporting that limit coverage of the Coronavirus Disease 
        2019 (COVID-19).
            (2) United States Government senior officials have 
        expressed concerns about the completeness and timeliness of 
        information China is reporting on COVID-19 and about the 
        overall economic impact of COVID-19 in the United States.
            (3) China should be held financially responsible for funds 
        made available by the United States Government to address 
        COVID-19.

SEC. 3. EXECUTIVE STRATEGY TO SEEK REIMBURSEMENT FROM CHINA OF FUNDS 
              MADE AVAILABLE BY THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO ADDRESS 
              COVID-19.

    (a) Executive Strategy.--The President, in consultation with the 
Secretary of the Treasury, shall develop and carry out a strategy to 
seek reimbursement from the People's Republic of China of funds made 
available by the United States Government to address COVID-19.
    (b) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of 
this Act, and annually thereafter, the President shall submit to the 
appropriate congressional committees a report on the strategy required 
under subsection (a) and its implementation.
    (c) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this section, 
the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
            (1) the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on the 
        Budget, and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of 
        Representatives;
            (2) the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on the 
        Budget, and the Committee on Finance of the Senate; and
            (3) the Joint Economic Committee.
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