HR 1346 United States House · 118th Congress

COVID–19 Origin Act of 2023

HR 1346, the COVID-19 Origin Act of 2023, requires the Director of National Intelligence to declassify specific information related to the origin of the pandemic within 90 days of enactment. It mandates releasing details about potential links between the Wuhan Institute of Virology and COVID-19, including military connections, prior coronavirus research, and health records of researchers who fell ill in autumn 2019. The bill also requires the Director to submit an unclassified report to Congress containing this information, with only minimal redactions for security. This affects the Director of National Intelligence, who must act on the directive, and the public, who would gain access to the declassified materials.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

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Mar 2023

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Introduced Mar 3, 2023 Last action Mar 10, 2023

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Mar 10, 2023

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Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

lower

Mar 7, 2023

Committee

Referred to the Subcommittee on the National Intelligence Enterprise.

lower

Mar 3, 2023

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Referred to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

lower

Mar 3, 2023

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1 primary · 9 co-sponsors