China Lied People Died Act

Bill: 118-hr-566
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Nehls, Troy E. [R-TX-22]
Introduced: 2023-01-26
Policy area: International Affairs
Latest action: action_date: 2023-01-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-01-26
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>China Lied People Died Act</b></p> <p>This bill prohibits federal funding of any program, project, or activity in China until the Department of the Treasury certifies that China's government has reimbursed the United States for the full cost of providing relief from the effects of COVID-19.</p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 566 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 26, 2023 Mr. Nehls (for himself and Mrs. Boebert ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs A BILL To prohibit the availability of Federal funds for programs, projects, or activities in the People’s Republic of China until amounts made available for COVID–19 relief in the United States have been reimbursed, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the China Lied People Died Act . 2. Prohibition on Federal funding Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no Federal funds may be authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available for any program, project, or activity in the People’s Republic of China, or otherwise made available to the Government of the People’s Republic of China, until the date on which the Secretary of the Treasury determines and certifies to the President that such Government has reimbursed the United States in full the $4,600,000,000,000 cost of providing relief from the effects of COVID–19. Any amounts provided to the United States in the form of such reimbursement shall be deposited in the general fund of the Treasury.