Defund the Wuhan Institute of Virology Act

Defund the Wuhan Institute of Virology Act

This bill prohibits making federal funds available to the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China.

The Government Accountability Office must report to Congress on federal funds given to the institute over the past 15 years. The report must list any such funds that the institute provided to the Chinese government, the Chinese Communist Party, or affiliates of these entities.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3256 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3256

    To prohibit Federal funding to the Wuhan Institute of Virology.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 14, 2021

  Mr. Perry (for himself, Mr. Mast, Mr. Posey, Mr. Reschenthaler, Mr. 
 Gohmert, Mr. Tiffany, Mr. Duncan, Mrs. Harshbarger, Mr. Aderholt, Mr. 
   Gosar, Mr. Steube, Mr. Gibbs, Mr. Cawthorn, Mr. Van Drew, and Mr. 
   Jackson) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
    To prohibit Federal funding to the Wuhan Institute of Virology.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Defund the Wuhan Institute of 
Virology Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON FEDERAL FUNDING TO THE WUHAN INSTITUTE OF 
              VIROLOGY.

    (a) In General.--No funds authorized or appropriated by Federal law 
may be made available for any purpose to the Wuhan Institute of 
Virology.
    (b) GAO Study and Report.--Not later than 2 years after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States 
shall conduct a study, and submit to Congress a report, on the amount 
of Federal funds awarded or indirectly given to Wuhan Institute of 
Virology or researchers affiliated with Wuhan Institute of Virology, 
during the 15-year period preceding such date of enactment were 
provided, whether purposely or inadvertently, to the People's Republic 
of China, Chinese Communist Party, or the Wuhan Institute of Virology, 
or any agency or instrumentality thereof.
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