,i  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #djga  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #bb1 #bjba,mr4 
,wenstrup 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,babin1    
,mr4 ,gosar1 ,mr4 ,dunn1 ,mr4 ,joyce of 
,pennsylvania1 ,mr4 ,jackson1 ,mrs4     
,miller-,meeks1 ,mr4 ,stewart1 ,mr4     
,crawford1 ,mr4 ,carter of ,georgia1    
,ms4 ,stefanik1 and ,mr4 ,nunes7        
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,energy  
and ,commerce  ,a ,,bill  ,to prohibit  
the use of ,federal funds to conduct or 
support certain gain-of-function        
research by a foreign adversary4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,foreign ,gain-of-,function         
,research ,prevention ,act of #bjba4    
#b4 ,prohibition on ,federal funding for
 certain gain-of-function research by a 
foreign adversary  7a7 ,in general ,no  
,federal funds may be made available1   
whether directly or indirectly1 or used 
by an entity1 to conduct or support any 
gain-of-function research involving a   

potential pandemic pathogen by a foreign
 adversary1 including-- 7#a7 ,china1    
,russia1 ,iran1 and ,north ,korea2 and  
7#b7 any other country the ,secretary of
 ,state1 in consultation with the       
,secretary of ,defense1 the ,director of
 ,national ,intelligence1 or any other  
appropriate ,federal official1          
determines to be a foreign adversary for
 the purposes of this section4  7b7     
,funding freeze for violations ,any     
entity the ,secretary of ,state finds to
 have used ,federal funds in violation  
of this section may not receive any     
,federal funding for a period of #e     
years1 beginning on the date of such    
finding4  7c7 ,definitions ,in this     
section3 7#a7 ,gain-of-function research
 ,the term gain-of-function research    
means any research that may be          
reasonably anticipated to confer an     
attribute to a pathogen such that the   
pathogen would have enhanced            
pathogenicity or transmissibility in    
mammals4  7#b7 ,potential pandemic      

pathogen ,the term potential pandemic   
pathogen means a pathogen that1 prior to
 any gain-of-function research-- 7,a7 is
 likely highly transmissible and likely 
capable of wide and uncontrollable      
spread in human populations2 and  7,b7  
is likely highly virulent and likely to 
cause significant morbidity or mortality
 in humans4