COVID Act of 2023

Summary

Coronavirus Origin Validation, Investigation, and Determination Act of 2023 or the COVID Act of 2023 This bill requires the President to impose sanctions and take other actions related to COVID-19 if certain conditions are not met. Specifically, if the President is unable to certify within 90 days of this bill's enactment that China's government has allowed a transparent international forensic investigation into the origins of COVID-19 at certain laboratories in the city of Wuhan, the President must impose visa- and property-blocking sanctions against (1) individuals with leadership positions in the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS); and (2) officials of the Chinese Communist Party, China's military, or China's State Council who were involved in concealing or restricting information about the initial COVID-19 outbreak in China. If the certification cannot be made, the President must also (1) prohibit federal funding for collaborative projects between U.S.-based researchers and CAS researchers in any academic field, and (2) prohibit U.S.-based researchers and institutions that receive federal funding from engaging in certain research on viruses with individuals or institutions based in China.

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Timeline

1. 1 March 2023

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

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2. 1 March 2023

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

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• Introduced in Senate · 1 March 2023 · Official file

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Sponsors

• Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] · R · Sponsor
• Chuck Grassley · R · Sponsor
• Roger Marshall · R · Sponsor
• James Lankford · R · Sponsor
• Kevin Cramer · R · Sponsor
• Roger Wicker · R · Sponsor
• Cynthia Lummis · R · Sponsor
• Marsha Blackburn · R · Sponsor
• Thomas Tillis · R · Sponsor
• John Hoeven · R · Sponsor
• Steve Daines · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN] · R · Sponsor
• Cindy Hyde-Smith · R · Sponsor
• Tim Scott · R · Sponsor
• Rick Scott · R · Sponsor
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