[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 123 (Monday, July 25, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S3643]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 5159. Mr. PAUL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 5135 proposed by Mr. Schumer to the bill H.R. 4346, making 
appropriations for Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2022, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on 
the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. PROHIBITION ON FUNDING FOR GAIN-OF-FUNCTION 
                   RESEARCH CONDUCTED IN CHINA.

       (a) In General.--No funds made available to any Federal 
     agency, including the National Institutes of Health, may be 
     used to conduct gain-of-function research in China.
       (b) Definition of Gain-of-function Research.--In this 
     section, the term ``gain-of-function research'' means any 
     research project that may be reasonably anticipated to confer 
     attributes to influenza, MERS, or SARS viruses such that the 
     virus would have enhanced pathogenicity or transmissibility 
     in mammals.
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