Curbing China’s Vaccine Diplomacy Act
Bill: H.R.4362 | Sponsor: Rep. Gimenez, Carlos A. (R-FL)
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
Curbing China's Vaccine Diplomacy Act
This bill requires the Department of State, in carrying out the international distribution of COVID-19 vaccine doses, to prioritize distribution to and ensure that at least 25% of such doses are reserved for Taiwan and certain Latin American allies.
The State Department may not make such distribution until the Administration determines that all Americans have been afforded ample opportunity to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Further, the State Department must ensure that at least 25% of COVID-19 vaccine doses intended for international distribution are reserved for and distributed to Taiwan and Latin American allies, and it may not distribute any doses internationally to any recipient or country until Taiwan and Latin American allies receive their first shipment of such doses.

To prioritize the international distribution of COVID-19 vaccine doses, 
                        and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Curbing China's Vaccine Diplomacy 
Act''.

SEC. 2. PRIORITIZATION OF INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION OF COVID-19 
              VACCINE DOSES.

    (a) Prioritization.--
            (1) In general.--In carrying out the international 
        distribution of COVID-19 vaccine doses, the Secretary of State 
        shall prioritize such distribution to Taiwan and crucial Latin 
        American allies.
            (2) Timing.--The Secretary of State may not carry out this 
        section until such time as the certification described in 
        subsection (d) has been transmitted.
    (b) Reservation.--The Secretary of State shall ensure that of the 
total number of COVID-19 vaccine doses intended for international 
distribution, not less than 25 percent of such doses are reserved for 
and distributed to Taiwan and crucial Latin American allies.
    (c) Prohibition.--The Secretary of State may not distribute 
internationally to any recipient or country any COVID-19 vaccine doses 
until Taiwan and crucial Latin American allies have each received at 
least a first shipment of the reservation specified in subsection (b).
    (d) Certification.--Not later than 10 days after the Administration 
determines all Americans have been afforded ample opportunity to be 
fully vaccinated against COVID-19, the Administration shall transmit to 
Congress a certification so attesting.
    (e) Exception.--The Secretary of State may not distribute COVID-19 
vaccine does under this section to any country the government (or 
related governmental entity) of which has been determined to have 
engaged in systemic or widespread human rights abuses in accordance 
with the Department of State's most recent Country Reports on Human 
Rights Practices.
    (f) Sunset.--This section shall terminate five days after the date 
on which the Secretary of State makes a determination that Taiwan and 
crucial Latin American allies each have achieved 40 percent vaccination 
rates of their respective populations.
    (g) Definition.--The term ``crucial Latin American allies'' means 
those countries in Latin America determined by the Secretary of State 
to have deep diplomatic, military, or cultural ties with the United 
States.
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