Protecting American Sovereignty Act

Bill: 118-hr-1546
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Jackson, Ronny [R-TX-13]
Introduced: 2023-03-10
Policy area: International Affairs
Latest action: action_date: 2023-03-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-03-10
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Protecting American Sovereignty Act</b></p> <p>This bill prohibits the federal government from implementing any obligations upon the United States that may be contained in a draft report by a World Health Organization (WHO) working group on strengthening the WHO's preparedness and response to health emergencies. This prohibition shall also apply to any related or successor reports and recommendations regarding pandemics.</p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1546 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 10, 2023 Mr. Jackson of Texas (for himself, Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia , Mr. Sessions , Mr. Gosar , Mr. Norman , Mr. Waltz , Mr. Wittman , Mr. Cloud , Mr. Steube , Mrs. Miller of Illinois , Mrs. Harshbarger , Mrs. Luna , Mr. Duncan , and Mr. Bost ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs A BILL To prohibit the use of funds to implement any obligations of the United States under the World Health Organization’s Global Pandemic Treaty.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting American Sovereignty Act . 2. Prohibition on use of funds (a) In general No funds available to any Federal department or agency may be used to implement any obligations of the United States under the World Health Organization’s Global Pandemic Treaty. (b) Definition In this section, the term World Health Organization’s Global Pandemic Treaty means the Zero draft report by the Working Group on Strengthening WHO Preparedness and Response to Health Emergencies, and any related or successor reports and recommendations regarding pandemics as created by the World Health Organization.