,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fffe  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #a1 #bjbj,mr4   
,carter of ,georgia 7for himself1 ,mr4  
,crawford1 ,mr4 ,budd1 ,mrs4 ,rodgers of
 ,washington1 ,mr4 ,van ,drew1 ,mr4     
,banks1 ,mr4 ,watkins1 ,mr4 ,steube1 and
 ,mr4 ,crenshaw7 introduced the         
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,foreign ,affairs  ,a 
,,bill  ,to direct the ,secretary of    
,state1 in consultation with the        
,secretary of ,health and ,human        
,services1 to submit a report on the    
actions of the ,world ,health           
,organization to address the spread of  
the virus responsible for ,,covid-#ai1  
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,findings  
,congress finds the following3 7#a7 ,on 
,december #cj1 #bjai1 ,dr4 ,li ,wenliang
 of ,wuhan1 ,china warned the ,chinese  
medical community of the outbreak of the
 virus responsible for ,,covid-#ai4     
7#b7 ,four days after warning the       
,chinese medical community1 the ,chinese

 ,public ,security ,bureau forced ,dr4  
,li ,wenliang to sign a letter admitting
 that he made false comments and that he
 had severely disturbed the social      
order4  7#c7 ,chinese authorities       
suppressed information concerning the   
spread of such virus by censoring       
certain keywords on ,chinese messaging  
applications4  7#d7 ,on ,january #ad1   
#bjbj1 the ,world ,health ,organization 
tweeted that preliminary investigations 
conducted by ,chinese authorities have  
found no clear evidence of              
human-to-human transmission of          
,,covid-#ai in ,wuhan1 ,china4  7#e7    
,the virus was later determined to be   
highly contagious and spread through    
human-to-human contact4  7#f7 ,public   
health researchers have found           
inconsistencies in the data reported by 
the ,world ,health ,organization in     
their situation reports and that the    
,world ,health ,organization has failed 
to address such inconsistences4  7#g7   
,in the middle of the month of ,january 

#bjbj1 the ,world ,health ,organization 
refused to declare a public health      
emergency as they did not want to spook 
the world further4  7#h7 ,on ,february  
#c1 #bjbj1 despite warning signs of an  
ongoing cover-up1 the ,director ,general
 of the ,world ,health ,organization1   
,tedros ,adhanom ,ghebreyesus1 praised  
the ,people's ,republic of ,china saying
 he was impressed by ,president ,xi's   
leadership4  7#i7 ,senior ,world ,health
 ,organization officials praised the    
,people's ,republic of ,china's response
 to the spread of the virus noting that 
the ,chinese people feel protected4     
7#aj7 ,there is a longstanding and      
concerning relationship between the     
,world ,health ,organization and the    
,people's ,republic of ,china1 as the   
,people's ,republic of ,china co-chaired
 the ,china-,africa ,health ,ministers  
,conference1 hosted the ,belt and ,road 
,forum for ,international ,cooperation1 
and worked together with the ,world     
,health ,organization for the ,one      

,belt1 ,one ,road initiative4  7#aa7 ,in
 #bjag1 the ,people's ,republic of      
,china worked tirelessly behind the     
scenes to ensure the election of ,tedros
 ,adhanom ,ghebreyesus as ,director     
,general of the ,world ,health          
,organization4  7#ab7 ,in #bjad1 while  
serving as ,health ,minister in         
,ethiopia1 ,tedros ,adhanom ,ghebreyesus
 covered up three cholera outbreaks in  
,ethiopia4  7#ac7 ,in #bjag1 leaked     
emails revealed that the ,world ,health 
,organization refused to classify ebola 
outbreak as a public health emergency   
for over two months as to not anger the 
leaders of ,african countries4  7#ad7   
,the ,united ,states is the largest     
financial contributor to the ,world     
,health ,organization1 providing the    
organization with up to #ejj million in 
,american taxpayer money every year4    
7#ae7 ,if the ,world ,health            
,organization had been truthful         
concerning the spread of the virus1 the 
international community could have      

better prepared to combat such spread4  
#b4 ,report on the actions of the ,world
 ,health ,organization to address the   
spread of the virus responsible for     
,,covid-#ai  7a7 ,in general ,not later 
than one year after the date of the     
enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary  
of ,state1 in consultation with the     
,secretary of ,health and ,human        
,services1 shall submit to the          
appropriate congressional committees a  
report on the actions of the ,world     
,health ,organization 7referred to in   
this section as the ,,who7 to address   
the spread of the virus responsible for 
,,covid-#ai4  7b7 ,matters included ,the
 report required under subsection 7a7   
shall include information relating to   
the following3 7#a7 ,the failures of the
 ,,who to address the spread of the     
virus responsible for ,,covid-#ai4  7#b7
 ,the extent to which the ,,who withheld
 information from ,member ,states of the
 ,united ,nations relating to such      
spread4  7#c7 ,the accuracy of infection

 data published by the ,,who relating to
 such spread4  7#d7 ,the relationship   
between the ,,who and the ,people's     
,republic of ,china4  7#e7 ,the role of 
the ,,who in covering up such spread in 
the ,people's ,republic of ,china4  7#f7
 ,any other systemic failure of the     
,,who1 as determined appropriate by the 
,secretary of ,state for inclusion in   
the report4  7c7 ,appropriate           
congressional committees defined ,in    
this ,act1 the term appropriate         
congressional committees means the      
following3 7#a7 ,the ,committee on      
,foreign ,affairs of the ,house of      
,representatives4  7#b7 ,the ,committee 
on ,energy and ,commerce of the ,house  
of ,representatives4  7#c7 ,the         
,committee on ,foreign ,relations of the
 ,senate4  7#d7 ,the ,committee on      
,health1 ,education1 ,labor1 and        
,pensions of the ,senate4