Li Wenliang Global Public Health Accountability Act of 2021
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What it doesSummary introduced in senate (Jun 9, 2021)
Li Wenliang Global Public Health Accountability Act of 2021
This bill authorizes the President to impose property- and visa-blocking sanctions on foreign individuals and entities involved in deliberate acts to conceal or distort information about a public health emergency of international concern, including COVID-19.
Specifically, the President may impose sanctions on (1) a government official (or a senior associate of such an official) who is responsible for or complicit in deliberate acts to conceal or distort information about an international public health emergency, or who financially benefits from such acts; or (2) a foreign person or entity that has materially assisted or supported such acts.
What just happenedJun 9, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in SenateJun 9, 2021
- Jun 9, 2021IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Foreign Relations Committee - Jun 9, 2021IntroReferral10000
Introduced in Senate