Defund EcoHealth Alliance Act
Summary
Defund EcoHealth Alliance Act This bill prohibits the award of federal funds to EcoHealth Alliance, Inc. This is a nonprofit research organization that studies coronaviruses in bat populations and other environmental health concerns. The Government Accountability Office must also audit federal funds provided to that organization over the past decade. The audit must include the amount of those funds provided by EcoHealth Alliance to China, the Chinese Communist Party, or the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
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Jan 2021
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Introduced Jan 28, 2021
Last action Jan 28, 2021
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Jan 28, 2021
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Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
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Jan 28, 2021
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1 primary · 18 co-sponsors
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Guy Reschenthaler
RRepublican
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Bill Posey
RRepublican
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Dan Crenshaw
RRepublican
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Diana Harshbarger
RRepublican
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Elise M. Stefanik
RRepublican
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Eric A. "Rick" Crawford
RRepublican
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Gregory F. Murphy
RRepublican
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James R. Baird
RRepublican
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Jefferson Van Drew
RRepublican
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Kevin Hern
RRepublican
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Matt Gaetz
RRepublican
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