[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 194 (Thursday, November 4, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S7990]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4495. Mr. RISCH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be proposed to 
the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022 
for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in title X, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. PROHIBITION WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN TYPES OF LIFE 
                   SCIENCES RESEARCH.

       No Federal funds may be obligated or expended for the 
     purpose of conducting research that increases the 
     pathogenicity, contagiousness, or transmissibility of viruses 
     or bacteria, including any research anticipated to involve 
     enhanced potential pandemic pathogens, if such research 
     involves a foreign entity that is subject to the jurisdiction 
     of any of the following countries:
       (1) The People's Republic of China.
       (2) The Russian Federation.
       (3) The Islamic Republic of Iran.
       (4) The Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
       (5) The Syrian Arab Republic.
       (6) Any other country specified in the report assessing 
     compliance with the Biological Weapons Convention, as 
     required by section 403(a) of the Arms Control and 
     Disarmament Act (22 U.S.C. 2583a(a)) in the relevant calendar 
     year.
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