,i  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #djhj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #bc1 #bjba ,mr4
 ,brooks 7for himself1 ,mr4             
,des,jarlais1 and ,mr4 ,cawthorn7       
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,ways and
 ,means1 and in addition to the         
,committees on the ,judiciary1 and      
,foreign ,affairs1 for a period to be   
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to impose additional duties 
on imports of goods from the ,people's  
,republic of ,china until ,china        
provides full compensation and          
reimbursement relating to the           
,,covid-#ai pandemic to the ,united     
,states1 and for other purposes4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,china ,,covid-#ai ,restitution     
,act4  #b4 ,findings and sense of       
,congress  7a7 ,findings ,congress finds

 the following3  7#a7 ,in ,april #bjab1 
six miners assigned to clear bat guano  
from the ,mojiang coal mine in ,mojiang1
 ,yunnan1 ,china fell ill and #c of them
 died4 ,a team of scientists from the   
,wuhan ,institute of ,virology were     
called in to take samples of bats and   
found multiple new coronaviruses4  7#b7 
,scientists at the ,wuhan ,institute of 
,virology did not announce the existence
 of the new coronaviruses nor their     
connections to the coal mine and the    
miners that became ill until #bjba4     
7#c7 ,dr4 ,shi ,zhengli1 lead scientist 
at ,wuhan ,institute of ,virology1      
described experiments to ,world ,health 
,organization 7,,who7 scientists that   
could be described as gain of function  
research4 ,these experiments included   
manipulating certain spike proteins from
 coronaviruses found in bats and making 
them capable of infecting human cells4  
7#d7 ,the ,wuhan ,institute of ,virology
 has been conducting experiments on a   
coronavirus identified as ,ra,t,g#ac1   

which was among the viruses found in the
 ,mojiang mineshaft4  7#e7 ,the ,wuhan  
,institute of ,virology has identified  
,ra,t,g#ac to be the most similar to    
,,sars-,co,v-#b1 the virus that causes  
,,covid-#ai with a #if4b percent        
similarity4  7#f7 ,in ,november #bjai   
three scientists at the ,wuhan          
,institute of ,virology became ill with 
symptoms consistent with both           
,,covid-#ai and common seasonal illness4
 ,all #c scientists sought treatment at 
a hospital4  7#g7 ,a lab leak would not 
be unprecedented in ,china4 ,in #bjjd1 a
 ,,sars outbreak stemming from #b       
scientists at the ,chinese ,institute of
 ,virology in ,beijing infected #i      
people and killed one4  7#h7 ,china     
refused to allow scientists to          
investigate the potential origins of    
,,covid-#ai until ,january #bjba1 more  
than a year after ,,covid-#ai began its 
spread4  7#i7 ,china only agreed to a   
,,who investigation if it had veto power
 over the scientists chosen for the trip

 and privilege to review and edit the   
final report before release4 ,thirty to 
sixty members of the ,chinese           
participants were not scientists4  7#aj7
 ,china would not allow the             
international team access to blood bank 
samples1 raw data of any kind1 lab logs1
 lab biosafety requirements1 or to      
interview staff members4  7#aa7 ,the    
,,who team was required to remain       
separate from ,chinese scientists unless
 in approved settings and were allowed  
only #c hours inside the ,wuhan lab     
under strict conditions4  7#ab7 ,chinese
 scientists examined the medical records
 of #gf1jjj people in a province of     
nearly #fj million people4 ,of that     
#gf1jjj1 only #ib were chosen to be     
tested for ,,covid-#ai antibodies long  
after they could have faded and without 
any explanation to the ,,who team of the
 criterion in which they were chosen4   
7#ac7 ,the ,,covid-#ai pandemic1 whether
 naturally occurring or not1 was made   
worse due to the lies and misinformation

 promulgated by the ,chinese ,communist 
,party 7,,ccp74  7#ad7 ,on ,january #c1 
#bjbj1 ,china's ,national ,health       
,commission ordered medical institutions
 and labs not to publish any information
 about the new virus without specific   
government approval4 ,the notice also   
ordered labs to destroy their samples or
 send them to other designated          
institutions4  7#ae7 ,even after the    
,,ccp knowingly delayed notifying the   
world of the ,,covid-#ai virus and did  
not share the genome sequence until     
,january #aa1 #bjbj1 the ,,who          
repeatedly defended them4  7#af7 ,for   
weeks after various physicians in ,wuhan
 warned of the possibility of           
human-to-human transmission1 ,china     
refused to admit any such cases existed1
 as reported by the ,,bbc4  7#ag7 ,dr4  
,li ,wenliang and eight other doctors   
warned of the dangers of the new virus  
in ,december #bjai4  7#ah7 ,in ,january 
#bjbj1 the doctors were summoned by the 
,public ,security ,bureau and silenced4 

7#ai7 ,on ,january #ad1 #bjbj1 the ,,who
 tweeted preliminary investigations     
conducted by ,china have found no clear 
evidence of human-to-human transmission4
  7#bj7 ,on ,january #cj1 #bjbj1 the    
,,who finally declares the outbreak to  
be a global health emergency4  7#ba7 ,on
 ,february #bd1 #bjbj1 following a      
#i-;day field excursion in ,china1 a    
joint team of ,,ccp and ,,who scientists
 held a news conference in which the    
,,who stated ,china's actions slowed the
 spread of the epidemic and prevented or
 delayed thousands of cases4  7#bb7 ,on 
,february #bh1 #bjbj1 the joint team    
praised ,china for the remarkable speed 
of their response in isolating the      
virus4  7#bc7 ,dr4 ,tedros ,adhanom     
,ghebreyesus1 the ,,who's               
director-general1 visited ,china and    
praised the country's leadership for    
setting a new standard for outbreak     
response4 ,another month and a half went
 by before the ,,who called ,,covid-#ai 
a pandemic1 at which point the virus had

 killed more than #d1jjj people and had 
infected #aah1jjj people across nearly  
every continent4  7b7 ,sense of         
,congress ,it is the sense of ,congress 
that the ,people's ,republic of ,china  
and the ,,ccp are fully responsible and 
liable for all deaths1 injuries1 and    
financial losses suffered in the ,united
 ,states by reason of the spread of     
,,covid-#ai4  #c4 ,imposition of        
additional duties on imports of goods   
and components from the ,people's       
,republic of ,china  7a7 ,in general    
,subject to subsection 7c71 the         
,president shall-- 7#a7 impose a duty on
 imports of any good from the ,people's 
,republic of ,china1 and any component  
manufactured in the ,people's ,republic 
of ,china that is incorporated in any   
good imported from any other country1 in
 an amount equal to #aj percent ad      
valorem of the good or component for the
 period beginning on the date of the    
enactment of this ,act and ending on    
,december #ca1 #bjba2 and  7#b7 increase

 the duty imposed under subsection 7a7  
on such good or component by an         
additional amount equal to #aj percent  
ad valorem of the good or component for 
each calendar year beginning after      
calendar year #bjba4  7b7 ,duties ,to be
 considered additional duties ,the duty 
required by subsection 7a7 with respect 
to a good or component is in addition to
 any other duty imposed by law with     
respect to the good or component4  7c7  
,sunset ,the requirement to impose a    
duty with respect to a good or component
 under subsection 7a7 shall cease to be 
effective beginning on the date on which
 the ,president submits to ,congress a  
certification that the total amount     
deposited in the ,,covid-#ai            
,restitution ,trust ,fund established   
under section #d equals or exceeds the  
total amount necessary to provide full  
compensation and reimbursement relating 
to ,,covid-#ai for purposes of the      
program established under section #e4   
#d4 ,trust fund  7a7 ,establishment ,not

 later than #cj days after the date of  
enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary  
of the ,treasury shall establish an     
account1 to be known as the ,,covid-#ai 
,restitution ,trust ,fund 7in this      
section referred to as the ,trust       
,fund74  7b7 ,deposit of amounts ,the   
,trust ,fund shall consist of the       
following3 7#a7 ,amounts equal to the   
amounts of duties imposed on imports of 
any good from the ,people's ,republic of
 ,china1 and any component manufactured 
in the ,people's ,republic of ,china    
that is incorporated in any good        
imported from any other country1 under  
section #c4  7#b7 ,amounts provided by  
the ,people's ,republic of ,china to    
provide full compensation and           
reimbursement relating to ,,covid-#ai1  
if any4  7c7 ,appropriation ,the amount 
of funds deposited in the ,trust ,fund  
is appropriated to the ,president and   
may be expended to provide full         
compensation and reimbursement relating 
to ,,covid-#ai in accordance with the   

compensation program established under  
section #e4 ,such funds may not be used 
for any other purpose4  #e4             
,compensation and reimbursement program 
7a7 ,in general ,the ,attorney ,general1
 acting through a ,special ,master      
appointed by the ,attorney ,general1    
shall-- 7#a7 establish and administer a 
program to provide compensation and     
reimbursement with respect to--  7,a7   
economic losses incurred in the ,united 
,states resulting from ,,covid-#ai2     
7,b7 financial losses of each business  
in the ,united ,states resulting from   
,,covid-#ai2  7,c7 funds and other forms
 of assistance made available by the    
,federal government to address          
,,covid-#ai2 and  7,d7 financial losses 
of each ,state and local government     
resulting from ,,covid-#ai2  7#b7       
promulgate all procedural and           
substantive rules for the administration
 of the program2 and  7#c7 employ and   
supervise hearing officers and other    
administrative personnel to perform the 

duties of the ,special ,master under the
 program4  7b7 ,economic loss defined   
,in this section1 the term economic loss
 means any pecuniary loss resulting from
 harm1 including the loss of earnings or
 other benefits related to employment1  
medical expense loss1 replacement       
services loss1 loss due to death1 burial
 costs1 and loss of business or         
employment opportunities4  #f4 ,report  
,not later than #ij days after the date 
of the enactment of this ,act1 the      
,secretary of ,state shall submit to    
,congress a report--  7#a7 identifying  
countries the ,secretary determines have
 been adversely impacted by the ,chinese
 ,communist ,party1 specifically related
 to the coverup1 misstatements1 and     
obfuscation on the origin of            
,,covid-#ai2 and  7#b7 describing       
measures the ,secretary plans to take to
 encourage other countries to adopt     
similar tariffs or other retaliatory    
measures to collect damages from the    
,people's ,republic of ,china4