,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ahfg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #bf1      
#bjba,mr4 ,hawley 7for himself and ,mr4 
,braun7 introduced the following bill2  
which was read twice1 considered1 read  
the third time1 and passed  ,a ,,bill   
,to require the ,director of ,national  
,intelligence to declassify information 
relating to the origin of ,,covid-#ai1  
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,,covid-#ai ,origin ,act of #bjba4  #b4 
,findings ,congress makes the following 
findings3 7#a7 ,the ,department of      
,state released a fact sheet on ,january
 #ae1 #bjba1 about the ,wuhan ,institute
 of ,virology 7,,wiv7 which stated the  
following3 7,a7 ,the ,u4,s4 government  
has reason to believe that several      
researchers inside the ,,wiv became sick
 in autumn #bjai1 before the first      
identified case of the outbreak1 with   
symptoms consistent with both           
,,covid-#ai and common seasonal         

illnesses44  7,b7 ,,wiv researchers     
conducted experiments involving         
,ra,t,g#ac1 the bat coronavirus         
identified by the ,,wiv in ,january     
#bjbj as its closest sample to          
,,sars-,co,v-#b44  7,c7 ,despite the    
,,wiv presenting itself as a civilian   
institution1 the ,united ,states has    
determined that the ,,wiv has           
collaborated on publications and secret 
projects with ,china's military44  7#b7 
,former ,director of the ,centers for   
,disease ,control and ,prevention1      
,robert ,redfield1 stated in ,march     
#bjba that1 the most likely etiology of 
this pathogen in ,wuhan was from a      
laboratory and noted that1 it is not    
unusual for respiratory pathogens that  
are being worked on in a laboratory to  
infect the laboratory worker44  7#c7    
,director-,general of the ,world ,health
 ,organization ,tedros ,adhanom         
,ghebreyesus acknowledged in ,march     
#bjba that the ,coronavirus ,disease    
#bjai 7,,covid-#ai7 may have originated 

in a laboratory and said this hypothesis
 requires further investigation1        
potentially with additional missions    
involving specialist experts44  #c4     
,sense of congress ,it is the sense of  
,congress that-- 7#a7 identifying the   
origin of ,coronavirus ,disease #bjai   
7,,covid-#ai7 is critical for preventing
 a similar pandemic from occurring in   
the future2  7#b7 there is reason to    
believe the ,,covid-#ai pandemic may    
have originated at the ,wuhan ,institute
 of ,virology2 and  7#c7 the ,director  
of ,national ,intelligence should       
declassify and make available to the    
public as much information as possible  
about the origin of ,,covid-#ai so the  
,united ,states and like-minded         
countries can-- 7,a7 identify the origin
 of ,,covid-#ai as expeditiously as     
possible1 and  7,b7 use that information
 to take all appropriate measures to    
prevent a similar pandemic from         
occurring again4  #d4 ,declassification 
of information related to the origin of 

,,covid-#ai ,not later than #ij days    
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act1 the ,director of ,national        
,intelligence shall-- 7#a7 declassify   
any and all information relating to     
potential links between the ,wuhan      
,institute of ,virology and the origin  
of the ,coronavirus ,disease #bjai      
7,,covid-#ai71 including-- 7,a7         
activities performed by the ,wuhan      
,institute of ,virology with or on      
behalf of the ,people's ,liberation     
,army2  7,b7 coronavirus research or    
other related activities performed at   
the ,wuhan ,institute of ,virology prior
 to the outbreak of ,,covid-#ai2 and    
7,c7 researchers at the ,wuhan          
,institute of ,virology who fell ill in 
autumn #bjai1 including for any such    
researcher-- 7i7 the researcher's name2 
7ii7 the researcher's symptoms2  7iii7  
the date of the onset of the            
researcher's symptoms2  7iv7 the        
researcher's role at the ,wuhan         
,institute of ,virology2  7v7 whether   

the researcher was involved with or     
exposed to coronavirus research at the  
,wuhan ,institute of ,virology2  7vi7   
whether the researcher visited a        
hospital while they were ill2 and  7vii7
 a description of any other actions     
taken by the researcher that may suggest
 they were experiencing a serious       
illness at the time2 and  7#b7 submit to
 ,congress an unclassified report that  
contains-- 7,a7 all of the information  
described under paragraph 7#a72 and     
7,b7 only such redactions as the        
,director determines necessary to       
protect sources and methods4