IV 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 917 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States 
should withhold the contribution of Federal funds to the World Health 
Organization until Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus resigns and an 
international commission to investigate the World Health Organization 
is established. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 7, 2020 
Mr. RESCHENTHALER (for himself, Mr. PERRY, Mr. KELLER, Mr. BABIN, Mr. 
GOSAR, Mr. STEUBE, Mr. WRIGHT, Mr. BANKS, Mr. TIMMONS, Mr. COL-
LINS of Georgia, Mr. ROY, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. MURPHY of North 
Carolina, Mr. RIGGLEMAN, Mr. WALTZ, Mr. CRAWFORD, Mr. GONZALEZ 
of Ohio, Ms. CHENEY, Mr. FERGUSON, Mr. BAIRD, Mr. GAETZ, and Mr. 
FLORES) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that 
the United States should withhold the contribution of 
Federal funds to the World Health Organization until 
Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus resigns and an 
international commission to investigate the World Health 
Organization is established. 
Whereas, on April 7, 1948, the World Health Organization 
was formed as an agency of the United Nations; 
Whereas the World Health Organization Constitution states, 
‘‘The health of all peoples is fundamental to the attain-
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ment of peace and security and is dependent upon the 
fullest co-operation of individuals and States’’; 
Whereas, on June 14, 1948, the Congress passed a joint res-
olution providing for and participation by the United 
States in the World Health Organization and authorizing 
an appropriation therefor; 
Whereas the United States joined the World Health Organi-
zation on June 21, 1948, and currently contributes 22 
percent of the World Health Organizations member-state 
contributions; 
Whereas Caixin Global reported that the People’s Republic of 
China ordered Chinese Labs destroy COVID-19 genome 
samples and not publish their research; 
Whereas, on December 30, 2019, Dr. Li Wenliang issued a 
warning about COVID-19 and was accused of lying by 
the Chinese Communist Party authorities; 
Whereas, on December 31, 2019, the Republic of China 
warned the World Health Organization that COVID-19 
could be transmitted human-to-human, but the World 
Health Organization ignored their warning as not to of-
fend the People’s Republic of China; 
Whereas, on January 14, 2020, the World Health Organiza-
tion tweeted, ‘‘preliminary investigations conducted by 
the Chinese authorities have found no clear evidence of 
human-to-human transmission’’; 
Whereas, on January 22–23, 2020, the World Health Organi-
zation debated if COVID-19 was a ‘‘public health emer-
gency of international concern’’ as several countries had 
citizens sick with the virus; 
Whereas Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus stated, ‘‘The 
Chinese government is to be congratulated for the ex-
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traordinary measures it has taken . . . I left in abso-
lutely no doubt about China’s commitment to trans-
parency’’; 
Whereas a University of Southampton study argues the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China could have reduced the number 
of COVID-19 cases by 95 percent if the nation moved 
three weeks sooner; and 
Whereas, on January 30, 2020, Director-General Tedros 
Ghebreyesus stated on the topic of travel to and from 
China, ‘‘WHO doesn’t recommend limiting trade and 
movement’’: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep-
resentatives that no Federal funds should be obligated or 
expended to make voluntary United States contributions 
to the World Health Organization until Director-General 
Tedros Ghebreyesus resigns and an international commis-
sion is established to investigate the World Health Organi-
zation mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic. 
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