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Union Calendar No. 20 

118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1376 

[Report No. 118–32, Part I] 

To require the Director of National Intelligence to declassify information 

relating to the origin of COVID–19, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 3, 2023 

Mr. TURNER (for himself, Mr. WENSTRUP, Mr. STEWART, Mr. CRAWFORD, 

Ms. STEFANIK, Mr. KELLY of Mississippi, Mr. LAHOOD, Mr. 

FITZPATRICK, Mr. GALLAGHER, Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. 

HILL, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. WALTZ, and Mr. MIKE GARCIA of California) 

introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Permanent Select 

Committee on Intelligence, 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 

MARCH 30, 2023 

Reported from the Committee on Intelligence 

MARCH 30, 2023 

Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged; committed to the Committee 

of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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A BILL 

To require the Director of National Intelligence to declassify 

information relating to the origin of COVID–19, and 

for other purposes. 


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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘COVID–19 Origin Act 

5 of 2023’’. 

6 SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

7 It is the sense of Congress that— 

8 (1) identifying the origin of Coronavirus Dis9 ease 2019 (COVID–19) is critical for preventing a 

10 similar pandemic from occurring in the future; 

11 (2) there is reason to believe the COVID–19 

12 pandemic may have originated at the Wuhan Insti13 tute of Virology; and 

14 (3) the Director of National Intelligence should 

15 declassify and make available to the public as much 

16 information as possible about the origin of COVID– 

17 19 so the United States and like-minded countries 

18 can— 

19 (A) identify the origin of COVID–19 as ex20 peditiously as possible; and 

21 (B) use that information to take all appro22 priate measures to prevent a similar pandemic 

23 from occurring again. 


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1 SEC. 3. DECLASSIFICATION OF INFORMATION RELATED TO 

2 THE ORIGIN OF COVID–19. 

3 Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact4 ment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence 

5 shall— 

6 (1) declassify any and all information relating 

7 to potential links between the Wuhan Institute of Vi8 rology and the origin of the Coronavirus Disease 

9 2019 (COVID–19), including— 

10 (A) activities performed by the Wuhan In11 stitute of Virology with or on behalf of the Peo12 ple’s Liberation Army; 

13 (B) coronavirus research or other related 

14 activities performed at the Wuhan Institute of 

15 Virology prior to the outbreak of COVID–19; 

16 and 

17 (C) researchers at the Wuhan Institute of 

18 Virology who fell ill in autumn 2019, including 

19 for any such researcher— 

20 (i) the researcher’s name; 

21 (ii) the researcher’s symptoms; 

22 (iii) the date of the onset of the re23 searcher’s symptoms; 

24 (iv) the researcher’s role at the 

25 Wuhan Institute of Virology; 


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1 (v) whether the researcher was in2 volved with or exposed to coronavirus re3 search at the Wuhan Institute of Virology; 

4 (vi) whether the researcher visited a 

5 hospital while they were ill; and 

6 (vii) a description of any other actions 

7 taken by the researcher that may suggest 

8 they were experiencing a serious illness at 

9 the time; and 

10 (2) submit to Congress an unclassified report 

11 that contains— 

12 (A) all of the information described under 

13 paragraph (1); and 

14 (B) only such redactions as the Director 

15 determines necessary to protect sources and 

16 methods. 


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Union Calendar No. 20 

118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1376 

[Report No. 118–32, Part I] 

A BILL 

To require the Director of National Intelligence to 

COVID–19, and for other purposes. declassify information relating to the origin of 

MARCH 30, 2023 

Reported from the Committee on Intelligence 

MARCH 30, 2023 

Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged; comState of the Union and ordered to be printed mitted to the Committee of the Whole House on the 


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