Fairness and Accountability in Underwriting Chinese Institutions Act

Bill: 117-hr-5988
Sponsor: Rep. Stewart, Chris [R-UT-2]
Introduced: 2021-11-16 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Asia
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
China
Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government studies and investigations
Health programs administration and funding
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medical research
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Public contracts and procurement
Research administration and funding
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-16
text: 

Fairness and Accountability in Underwriting Chinese Institutions Act or the FAUCI Act

 
This bill prohibits making any federal funding available to laboratories or research institutions in China for gain-of-function research. The President may waive this prohibition for national security interests. (Under the bill, gain-of-function research generally involves the enhancement of potential pandemic pathogens or related risky research with potentially dangerous pathogens.)
 
Furthermore, if the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services determines that a National Institutes of Health official, employee, or grantee has intentionally misled or omitted information in a relevant disclosure (e.g., to Congress) about federal funding for international gain-of-function research, such a person shall be ineligible for any federal funding or federal employment. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-11-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, Oversight and Reform, and Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-11-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, Oversight and Reform, and Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-11-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, Oversight and Reform, and Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-11-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, Oversight and Reform, and Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-11-16
text: Introduced in House