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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3882 
To initiate negotiations for a bilateral agreement on compensation between 
the United States and the People’s Republic of China relating to the 
spread of the virus responsible for COVID–19, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 14, 2021 
Mrs. WAGNER (for herself, Mr. GOODEN of Texas, Mr. DESJARLAIS, Mr. 
MURPHY of North Carolina, Mr. BABIN, Mr. WEBSTER of Florida, and 
Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees 
on Oversight and Reform, the Judiciary, Financial Services, Energy and 
Commerce, Armed Services, and Ways and Means, 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 initiate negotiations for a bilateral agreement on com-
pensation between the United States and the People’s 
Republic of China relating to the spread of the virus 
responsible for 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Compensation for Americans Act of 2021’’. 
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(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Definitions. 
Sec. 3. Findings. 
Sec. 4. Sense of Congress. 
Sec. 5. Statement of policy. 
Sec. 6. Coronavirus compensation fund. 
Sec. 7. Bilateral agreement on compensation between the United States and 
China. 
Sec. 8. Authorization to freeze Chinese assets. 
Sec. 9. Encouraging developing nations to seek compensation from China. 
Sec. 10. Suspension of requests made by Chinese entities to acquire United 
States entities under certain circumstances. 
Sec. 11. Prohibition on procurement of certain products from a covered foreign 
entity, including products intended to be included in the Stra-
tegic National Stockpile. 
Sec. 12. Report on integrity of the United States supply chain. 
Sec. 13. Restriction on Federal funds to propose, finalize, implement, or en-
force any rule that reconsiders or amends certain Bureau of 
Industry and Security rules. 
Sec. 14. Authorization of sanctions. 
Sec. 15. Export controls on certain telecommunication equipment. 
Sec. 16. Visa ban on researchers affiliated with the PLA. 
Sec. 17. Prohibition on investment of TSP I fund in China. 
Sec. 18. Protecting pharmaceutical access for Americans. 
Sec. 19. Removal of China’s designation as a developing country in inter-
national bodies. 
Sec. 20. Protecting America from cyberattacks. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) CHINA.—The term ‘‘China’’ means the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China. 
(2) COMPENSATION
FUND.—The term ‘‘com-
pensation fund’’ means the Coronavirus Compensa-
tion Fund. 
SEC. 3. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) In the early weeks of the spread of the virus 
responsible for COVID–19, the Government of 
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China systematically suppressed, misrepresented, 
and falsified information concerning such spread. 
(2) The first reported instance of such virus 
may have occurred on November 17, 2019, in 
Wuhan, China. The Government of China did not 
notify the World Health Organization that it had de-
tected an unknown respiratory illness until Decem-
ber 31, 2019. 
(3) The Government of China violated inter-
national law by covering up the origins and spread 
of such virus. 
(4) Articles 6 and 7 of the International Health 
Regulations of 2005 require notification to the 
World Health Organization within 24 hours of an 
assessment of events that may constitute a public 
health emergency of international concern. 
(5) The International Health Regulations re-
quire the World Health Organization to be notified 
of ‘‘all relevant public health information’’ regarding 
public health events of international concern, and for 
information to be shared in a ‘‘timely, accurate, and 
sufficiently detailed manner’’. 
(6) The Government of China failed to share 
information with the World Health Organization, 
and embarked on a campaign to silence doctors, sci-
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entists, and whistleblowers in an attempt to mislead 
the Chinese people and the international community 
concerning the spread of such virus. 
(7) On December 27, 2019, samples of the 
virus found in hospitals in Wuhan, China, were ana-
lyzed and determined to be a novel coronavirus. 
(8) The Government of China did not share 
with the World Health Organization such determina-
tion concerning the novel coronavirus. 
(9) On January 3, 2020, the Government of 
China ordered Chinese scientists working to se-
quence the genome of such virus to surrender or de-
stroy their samples and the Government of China 
did not publicly share the genetic sequence until 
January 12, 2020. 
(10) In early January, the Government of 
China jailed eight medical professionals who sought 
to share information relating to such virus. 
(11) A Chinese ophthalmologist, Doctor Li 
Wenliang, tried to warn the medical community of 
such virus. The Government of China forced Doctor 
Li to sign a letter stating that he made ‘‘false state-
ments’’ concerning such virus. Doctor Li later be-
came infected with such virus and died on February 
7, 2020. 
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(12) The Government of China insisted that no 
evidence existed concerning the spread of such virus 
through person-to-person transmission, and allowed 
Chinese citizens to travel unimpeded, including dur-
ing the Lunar New Year, when travelers numbered 
in the hundreds of millions. 
(13) On December 31, 2019, the Government 
of Taiwan noted the possibility that such virus could 
spread through person-to-person transmission. Offi-
cials of the World Health Organization sent to 
China did not announce that such virus could spread 
through person-to-person transmission until January 
22, 2020. 
(14) The Government of China continues to 
neutralize or eliminate actors who threaten to expose 
the Government of China’s culpability in the spread 
of such virus. 
(15) Wuhan Central Hospital reprimanded Doc-
tor Ai Fen for sharing a picture of a patient report 
labeled ‘‘SARS Coronavirus’’. In an interview pub-
lished in the Chinese magazine Ren Wu on March 
10, 2020, Doctor Ai said, ‘‘This incident has shown 
that everyone needs to have their own thoughts be-
cause someone has to step up to speak the truth.’’. 
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(1) acknowledges intentionally distorting and 
concealing information concerning the spread of the 
virus responsible for COVID–19; and 
(2) provides compensation to the United States 
for actions described in paragraph (1), which 
caused— 
(A) avoidable loss of life, health, or prop-
erty of citizens of the United States; and 
(B) damage to the national economy of the 
United States. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 
the House of Representatives; 
(B) the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce of the House of Representatives; 
(C) the Committee on Homeland Security 
of the House of Representatives; 
(D) the Committee on Armed Services of 
the House of Representatives; 
(E) the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of 
the House of Representatives; 
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