Title: 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.
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
This resolution expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should make no voluntary contributions to the World Health Organization (WHO) until Director General Tedros Ghebreyesus resigns and an international commission is established to investigate the WHO's response to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 917 Introduced in House (IH)]

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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.


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                    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. Collins 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

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                               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 attainment 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 resolution 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 Organization 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 offend the 
        People's Republic of China;
Whereas, on January 14, 2020, the World Health Organization 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 Organization debated if COVID-
        19 was a ``public health emergency 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 extraordinary measures it has taken . . . I 
        left in absolutely no doubt about China's commitment to transparency'';
Whereas a University of Southampton study argues the People'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 Representatives 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 
commission is established to investigate the World Health Organization 
mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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