SAFE Laboratories Act

Bill: 117-hr-9521
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Stewart, Chris [R-UT-2]
Introduced: 2022-12-13
Policy area: International Affairs
Latest action: action_date: 2022-12-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-12-13
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Stop Adversarial Funding Expenditures for Laboratories Act or the SAFE Laboratories Act</b></p> <p>This bill prohibits federal assistance to the Wuhan Institute of Virology or any other laboratory located in a country determined to be a foreign adversary, including China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran.<br /></p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 9521 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 13, 2022 Mr. Stewart introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs A BILL To prohibit any head of a Federal agency from providing assistance to the Wuhan Institute of Virology and other laboratories in certain other foreign nations.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Stop Adversarial Funding Expenditures for Laboratories Act or the SAFE Laboratories Act . 2. Prohibition on assistance to Wuhan Institute of Virology and other foreign laboratories No head of a Federal agency may provide assistance, directly or indirectly, to the Wuhan Institute of Virology, or any other laboratory located in a country determined by the Secretary of State to be a foreign adversary, including China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran.