World Health Organization Pandemic Treaty Implementation Resolution
- Last Action
- 2/28/2023
Actions
- 2023-01-26Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 5.
- 2023-01-25Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
- 2023-01-25Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2023-01-25 (00)
Viral Gain-of-Function Research Moratorium Act
This bill prohibits the award of federal research grants to institutions of higher education or research institutes that conduct gain-of-function research. Gain-of-function research refers to any research that (1) could confer attributes to influenza, MERS, or SARS viruses such that the virus would have enhanced pathogenicity or transmissibility in an organism; or (2) involves methods that could enhance potential pandemic pathogens or related risky research with potentially dangerous pathogens.
Cosponsors (13)
- Rand Paul (R-KY)
- Joni Ernst (R-IA)
- Tommy Tuberville (R-AL)
- Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)
- Mike Braun (R-IN)
- James Lankford (R-OK)
- Marco Rubio (R-FL)
- Tom Cotton (R-AR)
- Roger Wicker (R-MS)
- Kevin Cramer (R-ND)
- Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
- Eric Schmitt (R-MO)
- Mike Lee (R-UT)
Subjects
- Education programs funding
- Health programs administration and funding
- Higher education
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Medical research
- Research administration and funding
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