samples and virus sequences, including 15,000 
taken from bats, which was previously available 
to the public but taken offline in September 
2019. The team is further allowed to examine 
in full all training procedures in effect at the 
laboratory prior to the pandemic, including 
those pertaining to recordkeeping and safety 
procedures and strategies to prevent the acci-
dental escape of potential pathogens. 
(C) The investigative team analyzes in de-
tail all research related to the 293 bat coronavi-
ruses reportedly isolated by Shi Zhengli and her 
team at the Wuhan Institute of Virology be-
tween 2012 and 2015, particularly RaTG13 
and RaBtCoV/4991, including all virus isolates 
and cultures. The Wuhan Institute of Virology 
discloses the content of all classified and unpub-
lished studies that the Institute reportedly con-
ducted with the People’s Liberation Army if 
such studies involved gain-of-function research. 
The team is able to test all laboratory personnel 
for antibodies and other serological indicators 
of past infection of COVID–19. The team is 
given access to all other records kept by the 
Wuhan Institute of Virology, including security 
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logs, surveillance video footage, audio record-
ings, and electronic logs of employees entering 
and leaving the facility. The investigative team 
is permitted to take samples and conduct test-
ing of the physical facilities where gain-of-func-
tion research has been conducted, including, if 
necessary, sewer samples. Unfettered access is 
also granted to the abandoned copper mine in 
Mojiang Hani Autonomous County in Yunnan 
province, where Wuhan Institute of Virology re-
searchers are known to have collected bat virus 
specimens, including of RaTG13, during the 
decade preceding the date of the enactment of 
this Act. 
(D) The international team is comprised of 
members chosen by the governments of the 
United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, 
France, the Netherlands, Germany, Australia, 
Japan, and India. The team includes molecular 
biologists, virologists, epidemiologists, and ex-
perts in biosafety and biosecurity. Individuals 
who have previously ruled out the possibility of 
either zoonotic transmission or a laboratory 
leak are disqualified from participation. The 
Government of the People’s Republic of China 
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may appoint Chinese experts to accompany and 
advise the team as it conducts its work in the 
People’s Republic of China, but the Government 
of the People’s Republic of China has no au-
thority to dictate the selection of team members 
and cannot obstruct the participation of any in-
dividual selected by the individual’s government 
for the team. The central, provincial, and mu-
nicipal authorities of the People’s Republic of 
China facilitate the work of the investigative 
team and refrain from imposing any restrictions 
on the scope, scale, and duration of the inves-
tigation. 
(4) 
UNITED
STATES
PERSON.—The 
term 
‘‘United States person’’ means— 
(A) an individual who is a United States 
citizen or an alien lawfully admitted for perma-
nent residence to the United States; 
(B) an entity organized under the laws of 
the United States or any jurisdiction within the 
United States, including a foreign branch of 
such an entity; or 
(C) any person in the United States. 
Æ 
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