,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fdje  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #bf1 #bjbj,mr4
 ,steube introduced the following bill2 
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,foreign ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to direct
 the ,president1 in consultation with   
the ,secretary of the ,treasury1 to     
develop and carry out a strategy to seek
 reimbursement from the ,people's       
,republic of ,china of funds made       
available by the ,united ,states        
,government to address the ,coronavirus 
,disease #bjai 7,,covid-#ai74  #a4      
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,chinese ,government ,,covid-#ai    
,accountability ,act4  #b4 ,findings    
,congress finds the following3 7#a7 ,the
 ,united ,states economy has been       
severely affected by the ,government of 
the ,people's ,republic of ,china's     
controls on media reporting that limit  
coverage of the ,coronavirus ,disease   
#bjai 7,,covid-#ai74  7#b7 ,united      
,states ,government senior officials    

have expressed concerns about the       
completeness and timeliness of          
information ,china is reporting on      
,,covid-#ai and about the overall       
economic impact of ,,covid-#ai in the   
,united ,states4  7#c7 ,china should be 
held financially responsible for funds  
made available by the ,united ,states   
,government to address ,,covid-#ai4  #c4
 ,executive strategy to seek            
reimbursement from ,china of funds made 
available by the ,united ,states        
,government to address ,,covid-#ai  7a7 
,executive strategy ,the ,president1 in 
consultation with the ,secretary of the 
,treasury1 shall develop and carry out a
 strategy to seek reimbursement from the
 ,people's ,republic of ,china of funds 
made available by the ,united ,states   
,government to address ,,covid-#ai4  7b7
 ,report ,not later than #a year after  
the date of enactment of this ,act1 and 
annually thereafter1 the ,president     
shall submit to the appropriate         
congressional committees a report on the

 strategy required under subsection 7a7 
and its implementation4  7c7            
,appropriate congressional committees   
defined ,in this section1 the term      
appropriate congressional committees    
means-- 7#a7 the ,committee on          
,appropriations1 the ,committee on the  
,budget1 and the ,committee on ,ways and
 ,means of the ,house of                
,representatives2  7#b7 the ,committee  
on ,appropriations1 the ,committee on   
the ,budget1 and the ,committee on      
,finance of the ,senate2 and  7#c7 the  
,joint ,economic ,committee4