To prohibit the availability of Federal funds to the World Health Organization pending the conduct of an investigation relating to the influence over such organization by Chinese Communist Party, and for other purposes.

Bill: 118-hr-3664
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Santos, George [R-NY-3]
Introduced: 2023-05-25
Policy area: International Affairs
Latest action: action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2953-2955)

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-05-25
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill prohibits federal funds being made available to the World Health Organization (WHO) until the President (1) conducts an investigation to determine the level of Chinese Communist Party influence over the WHO, including any influence regarding the origin of COVID-19; and (2) submits a report to Congress containing the results of the investigation.&nbsp;</p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3664 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 25, 2023 Mr. Santos introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs A BILL To prohibit the availability of Federal funds to the World Health Organization pending the conduct of an investigation relating to the influence over such organization by Chinese Communist Party, and for other purposes.

1. Prohibition on Federal funding to World Health Organization pending investigation (a) Prohibition Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no Federal funds may be made available, directly or indirectly, to the World Health Organization until the President— (1) conducts an investigation, with the compliance of the Director-General of the World Health Organization, to assess and determine the level of influence by the Chinese Communist Party over the operations of the World Health Organization (including with respect to influence regarding the origin of COVID–19 and any coverup relating to such origin); and (2) submits to the appropriate congressional recipients a report containing the findings of such investigation. (b) Appropriate congressional recipients defined In this section, the term appropriate congressional recipients means— (1) the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives; (2) the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on Finance of the Senate; (3) the Speaker and minority leader of the House of Representatives; and (4) the majority leader and minority leader of the Senate.