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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1346 
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. GALLAGHER (for himself, Ms. STEFANIK, Mr. STEWART, Mr. RUTHER-
FORD, Mr. CLOUD, Mr. GREEN of Tennessee, Mr. BIGGS, Mr. PFLUGER, 
and Mr. WEBSTER of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and in addi-
tion to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be sub-
sequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of 
such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To require the Director of National Intelligence to declassify 
information relating to the origin of COVID–19, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘COVID–19 Origin Act 
of 2023’’. 
SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
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(1) identifying the origin of Coronavirus Dis-
ease 2019 (COVID–19) is critical for preventing a 
similar pandemic from occurring in the future; 
(2) there is reason to believe the COVID–19 
pandemic may have originated at the Wuhan Insti-
tute of Virology; and 
(3) the Director of National Intelligence should 
declassify and make available to the public as much 
information as possible about the origin of COVID– 
19 so the United States and like-minded countries 
can— 
(A) identify the origin of COVID–19 as ex-
peditiously as possible, and 
(B) use that information to take all appro-
priate measures to prevent a similar pandemic 
from occurring again. 
SEC. 3. DECLASSIFICATION OF INFORMATION RELATED TO 
THE ORIGIN OF COVID–19. 
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence 
shall— 
(1) declassify any and all information relating 
to potential links between the Wuhan Institute of Vi-
rology and the origin of the Coronavirus Disease 
2019 (COVID–19), including— 
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(A) activities performed by the Wuhan In-
stitute of Virology with or on behalf of the Peo-
ple’s Liberation Army; 
(B) coronavirus research or other related 
activities performed at the Wuhan Institute of 
Virology prior to the outbreak of COVID–19; 
and 
(C) researchers at the Wuhan Institute of 
Virology who fell ill in autumn 2019, including 
for any such researcher— 
(i) the researcher’s name; 
(ii) the researcher’s symptoms; 
(iii) the date of the onset of the re-
searcher’s symptoms; 
(iv) the researcher’s role at the 
Wuhan Institute of Virology; 
(v) whether the researcher was in-
volved with or exposed to coronavirus re-
search at the Wuhan Institute of Virology; 
(vi) whether the researcher visited a 
hospital while they were ill; and 
(vii) a description of any other actions 
taken by the researcher that may suggest 
they were experiencing a serious illness at 
the time; and 
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(2) submit to Congress an unclassified report 
that contains— 
(A) all of the information described under 
paragraph (1); and 
(B) only such redactions as the Director 
determines necessary to protect sources and 
methods. 
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