WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION

Bills and resolutions

China: prohibit availability of Federal funds pending investigation relating to influence over such organization by Chinese Communist Party (see H.R. 3664), H2635 [25MY]

Courts: allow actions against China for deaths, pain and suffering, and economic crisis resulting from intentional misrepresentations to WHO (see H.R. 1519), H1248 [9MR]

Foreign policy: prohibit U.S. assessed and voluntary contributions (see H.R. 343), H233 [12JA]

——— prohibit use of funds to seek membership or to provide assessed or voluntary contributions (see H.R. 3131), H2170 [9MY]

International relations: direct President to withdraw U.S. (see H.R. 79), H101 [9JA]

Senate: establish means to provide advice and consent regarding any international agreement relative to pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response (see S. Res. 81), S532 [28FE]

——— require any convention, agreement, or other international instrument on pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response reached by World Health Assembly be subject to ratification (see S. 444), S425 [15FE] (see H.R. 1425), H1149 [7MR]

Treaties and agreements: prohibit use of funds to implement any U.S. obligations under WHO Global Pandemic Treaty (see H.R. 1546), H1278 [10MR]

U.N.: terminate U.S. membership (see S. 3428), S5807 [6DE] (see H.R. 6645), H6208 [6DE]

World Hearing Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 193), H1050 [1MR]

Remarks in House

China: prohibit availability of Federal funds pending investigation relating to influence over such organization by Chinese Communist Party (H.R. 3664), H2955 [15JN]

Dept. of HHS: prohibit funding to make contributions to WHO, H5814, H5815 [14NO]

Funding: prohibit, H4549, H4550 [26SE], H5835, H5836 [14NO]

Remarks in Senate

Senate: require any convention, agreement, or other international instrument on pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response reached by World Health Assembly be subject to ratification, S980, S981 [28MR]

U.N.: terminate U.S. membership (S. 3428), S5876 [7DE]

Reports filed

Nomination of Vivek H. Murthy To Be WHO Executive Board U.S. Representative: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S1503 [3MY]

Statements

International Health Regulations Emergency Committee Regarding the Coronavirus Disease (COVID–19) Pandemic, H749 [8FE]

Texts of

S. Res. 81, establish means to provide Senate advice and consent regarding any international agreement relative to pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response, S535 [28FE]