Li Wenliang Global Public Health Accountability Act of 2021
- Last Action
- 6/9/2021
Actions
- 2021-06-09Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
- 2021-06-09Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2021-06-09 (00)
Li Wenliang Global Public Health Accountability Act of 2021
This bill authorizes the President to impose property- and visa-blocking sanctions on foreign individuals and entities involved in deliberate acts to conceal or distort information about a public health emergency of international concern, including COVID-19.
Specifically, the President may impose sanctions on (1) a government official (or a senior associate of such an official) who is responsible for or complicit in deliberate acts to conceal or distort information about an international public health emergency, or who financially benefits from such acts; or (2) a foreign person or entity that has materially assisted or supported such acts.
Cosponsors (6)
- Thomas Tillis (R-NC)
- Rick Scott (R-FL)
- Steve Daines (R-MT)
- Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)
- James Lankford (R-OK)
- Bill Hagerty (R-TN)
Subjects
- Cardiovascular and respiratory health
- Congressional oversight
- Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Foreign property
- Government information and archives
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Sanctions
- Visas and passports
- World health
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