S 2148 United States Senate · 117th Congress

COVID Act of 2021

Summary
Coronavirus Origin Validation, Investigation, and Determination Act of 2021 or the COVID Act of 2021 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 and certain laboratories in the city of Wuhan, the President must (1) impose visa- and property-blocking sanctions against individuals with leadership positions in the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), (2) prohibit federal funding for collaborative projects between U.S.-based researchers and CAS researchers in any academic field, and (3) 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.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
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Jun 2021
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Introduced Jun 21, 2021 Last action Jun 21, 2021
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Jun 21, 2021
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
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Jun 21, 2021
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