Fairness and Accountability in Underwriting Chinese Institutions Act
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What it doesSummary introduced in house (Nov 16, 2021)
Fairness and Accountability in Underwriting Chinese Institutions Act or the FAUCI Act
This bill prohibits making any federal funding available to laboratories or research institutions in China for gain-of-function research. The President may waive this prohibition for national security interests. (Under the bill, gain-of-function research generally involves the enhancement of potential pandemic pathogens or related risky research with potentially dangerous pathogens.)
Furthermore, if the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services determines that a National Institutes of Health official, employee, or grantee has intentionally misled or omitted information in a relevant disclosure (e.g., to Congress) about federal funding for international gain-of-function research, such a person shall be ineligible for any federal funding or federal employment.
What just happenedNov 17, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseNov 16, 2021
- Nov 17, 2021Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Health Subcommittee - Nov 16, 2021IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, Oversight and Reform, and Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Foreign Affairs Committee - Nov 16, 2021IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, Oversight and Reform, and Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Oversight and Accountability Committee - Nov 16, 2021IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, Oversight and Reform, and Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Science, Space, and Technology Committee - Nov 16, 2021IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, Oversight and Reform, and Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Energy and Commerce Committee - Nov 16, 2021IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Nov 16, 2021IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House