,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #badh  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #ba1     
#bjba,mr4 ,rubio introduced the         
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,foreign 
,relations  ,a ,,bill  ,to impose       
sanctions and other measures in response
 to the failure of the ,government of   
the ,people's ,republic of ,china to    
allow an investigation into the origins 
of ,,covid-#ai at suspect laboratories  
in ,wuhan4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,coronavirus ,origin
 ,validation1 ,investigation1 and       
,determination ,act of #bjba or the     
,,covid ,act of #bjba4  #b4 ,measures in
 response to failure of the ,government 
of the ,people's ,republic of ,china to 
allow an investigation of suspect       
laboratories in ,wuhan  7a7 ,in general 
,if1 by not later than the date that is 
#ij days after the date of the enactment
 of this ,act1 the ,president is unable 
to certify that the ,government of the  

,people's ,republic of ,china has       
allowed a transparent international     
forensic investigation of suspect       
laboratories in ,wuhan to commence1     
including the ,wuhan ,institute of      
,virology of the ,chinese ,academy of   
,sciences 7in this section referred to  
as ,,cas71 the ,president shall-- 7#a7  
impose the sanctions described in       
subsection 7c7 with respect to          
individuals who hold positions of       
leadership in the state-run ,,cas1      
including its more than #ajj affiliated 
institutes and laboratories1 #ac local  
branches1 and #b universities2  7#b7    
prohibit ,federal funding for any joint 
research or other collaborative projects
 between ,united ,states-based          
researchers and ,,cas researchers across
 all academic fields1 including those   
employed by any of the more than #ajj   
affiliated institutes and laboratories  
of ,,cas1 its #ac local branches or #b  
universities1 or the more than #dcj     
science and technology enterprises based

 in the ,people's ,republic of ,china   
across #aa industries that were created 
by ,,cas or founded with ,,cas          
investment2 and  7#c7 prohibit ,united  
,states-based researchers and           
institutions that receive ,federal      
funding from engaging in collaborative  
projects involving gain-of-function     
research on viruses with individuals or 
institutions based in the ,people's     
,republic of ,china4  7b7 ,termination  
,the requirements of subsection 7a7     
shall terminate on the date on which the
 ,government of the ,people's ,republic 
of ,china allows the transparent        
international forensic investigation    
described in that subsection to be      
conducted and concluded without-- 7#a7  
imposition of restrictions on the scope 
or subject matter of the investigation2 
or  7#b7 limitations on the access of   
investigators to physical sites1 persons
 of interest1 or relevant               
epidemiological1 serological1 and       
virological data4  7c7 ,sanctions       

described ,the sanctions to be imposed  
under subsection 7a77#a7 are the        
following3 7#a7 ,asset blocking  7,a7   
,in general ,the ,president shall       
exercise all of the powers granted to   
the ,president under the ,international 
,emergency ,economic ,powers ,act 7#ej  
,u4,s4,c4 #agja et seq47 to the extent  
necessary to block and prohibit all     
transactions in property and interests  
in property described in subparagraph   
7,b7 if such property and interests in  
property are in the ,united ,states1    
come within the ,united ,states1 or are 
or come within the possession or control
 of a ,united ,states person4  7,b7     
,property and interests in property     
described ,the property and interests in
 property described in this subparagraph
 are property or interests in property  
of-- 7i7 an individual described in     
subsection 7a77#a72 or  7ii7 any family 
member or associate acting for or on    
behalf of an individual described in    
subsection 7a77#a7 and to whom that     

individual transfers such property or   
interests in property after the date on 
which the ,president designates the     
individual for the imposition of        
sanctions under that subsection4  7#b7  
,ineligibility for visas1 admission1 or 
parole  7,a7 ,visas1 admission1 or      
parole ,an alien described in subsection
 7a77#a7 is-- 7i7 inadmissible to the   
,united ,states2  7ii7 ineligible to    
receive a visa or other documentation to
 enter the ,united ,states2 and  7iii7  
otherwise ineligible to be admitted or  
paroled into the ,united ,states or to  
receive any other benefit under the     
,immigration and ,nationality ,act 7#h  
,u4,s4,c4 #aaja et seq474  7,b7 ,current
 visas revoked  7i7 ,in general ,an     
alien described in subsection 7a77#a7 is
 subject to revocation of any visa or   
other entry documentation regardless of 
when the visa or other entry            
documentation is or was issued4  7ii7   
,immediate effect ,a revocation under   
clause 7i7 shall-- 7,i7 take effect     

immediately2 and  7,,ii7 automatically  
cancel any other valid visa or entry    
documentation that is in the alien's    
possession4  7d7 ,implementation2       
penalties  7#a7 ,implementation ,the    
,president may exercise the authorities 
provided to the ,president under        
sections #bjc and #bje of the           
,international ,emergency ,economic     
,powers ,act 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #agjb and   
#agjd7 to the extent necessary to carry 
out this section4  7#b7 ,penalties ,a   
person that violates1 attempts to       
violate1 conspires to violate1 or causes
 a violation of subsection 7c77#a7 or   
any regulation1 license1 or order issued
 to carry out that subsection shall be  
subject to the penalties set forth in   
subsections 7b7 and 7c7 of section #bjf 
of the ,international ,emergency        
,economic ,powers ,act 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4   
#agje7 to the same extent as a person   
that commits an unlawful act described  
in subsection 7a7 of that section4  7e7 
,exceptions  7#a7 ,exception for        

intelligence activities ,sanctions under
 this section shall not apply to any    
activity subject to the reporting       
requirements under title ,v of the      
,national ,security ,act of #aidg 7#ej  
,u4,s4,c4 #cjia et seq47 or any         
authorized intelligence activities of   
the ,united ,states4  7#b7 ,exception to
 comply with international obligations  
and for law enforcement activities      
,sanctions under subsection 7c77#b7     
shall not apply with respect to an alien
 if admitting or paroling the alien into
 the ,united ,states is necessary-- 7,a7
 to permit the ,united ,states to comply
 with the ,agreement regarding the      
,headquarters of the ,united ,nations1  
signed at ,lake ,success ,june #bf1     
#aidg1 and entered into force ,november 
#ba1 #aidg1 between the ,united ,nations
 and the ,united ,states1 or other      
applicable international obligations2 or
  7,b7 to carry out or assist law       
enforcement activity in the ,united     
,states4  7#c7 ,exception relating to   

importation of goods  7,a7 ,in general  
,the authorities and requirements to    
impose sanctions authorized under this  
section shall not include the authority 
or a requirement to impose sanctions on 
the importation of goods4  7,b7 ,good   
defined ,in this paragraph1 the term    
good means any article1 natural or      
manmade substance1 material1 supply1 or 
manufactured product1 including         
inspection and test equipment1 and      
excluding technical data4  7f7          
,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7     
,admission2 admitted2 alien ,the terms  
admission1 admitted1 and alien have the 
meanings given those terms in section   
#aja of the ,immigration and            
,nationality ,act 7#h ,u4,s4,c4 #aaja74 
7#b7 ,gain-of-function ,the term        
gain-of-function1 with respect to the   
study of viruses1 means-- 7,a7 the use  
of gene editing to increase the         
transmissibility1 virulence1            
immunogenicity1 or host tropism of a    
virus by artificially inserting genomic 

components from one virus into the      
backbone of another virus1 which results
 in the creation of a new chimeric      
virus1 particularly when the resultant  
chimeric virus is pathogenic to humans2 
or  7,b7 serial passaging in a cell     
culture to increase the                 
transmissibility1 virulence1            
immunogenicity1 or host tropism of a    
virus by selectively applying pressure  
to a culture to artificially induce its 
mutation or ,,rna recombination with one
 or more viruses4  7#c7 ,transparent    
international forensic investigation    
,the term transparent international     
forensic investigation1 with respect to 
investigating the origin of             
,,sars-,co,v-#b1 means an inquiry that  
is objective1 data-driven1 inclusive of 
broad expertise1 subject to independent 
oversight1 and properly managed to      
exclude individuals with conflicts of   
interest and under which the following  
takes place3 7,a7 ,relevant research    
laboratories and hospitals open their   

records to examination by the           
investigative team and grant the        
investigative team unfettered access to 
any and all facilities and other sites  
of interest1 and to any and all forms of
 epidemiological or virological data of 
interest1 including serological records 
pertaining to the earliest confirmed or 
suspected cases of ,,covid-#ai1 or cases
 of similar illnesses that may have been
 misdiagnosed1 which appeared in and    
around ,wuhan in the fall and winter of 
#bjai4 ,investigators document the      
veracity and source of the data upon    
which their analysis is based in a      
manner that allows independent experts  
to reproduce their analysis and validate
 any conclusions they may draw4  7,b7   
,the international team is allowed to   
perform a full forensic investigation of
 the ,wuhan ,institute of ,virology1 and
 if necessary1 the ,wuhan ,center for   
,disease ,prevention and ,control and   
the ,wuhan ,institute of ,biological    
,products1 and all other laboratories in

 ,wuhan that the team might identify as 
warranting examination4 ,the team is    
allowed to review the biosafety level   
under which bat coronavirus research was
 conducted1 and to interview any and all
 personnel currently or previously      
employed at those laboratories1 or      
related experts who may have information
 pertinent to the investigation4 ,all   
laboratory logs and notebooks kept by   
,shi ,zhengli and other researchers at  
the ,wuhan ,institute of ,virology who  
have conducted gain-of-function         
experiments between #bjjg and the date  
of the enactment of this ,act1 as well  
as their published and unpublished work 
in ,chinese and ,english1 are presented 
in a full and unaltered condition for   
examination by the team4 ,the team is   
given unlimited access to the full range
 of virus cultures1 isolates1 genetic   
sequences1 databases1 and patient       
specimens stored at these facilities as 
well as all chimeric synthetic viruses  
grown in vitro by cell culture passaging

 or engineered by genomic editing       
between #bjjg and the date of the       
enactment of this ,act4 ,such access    
must include the opportunity to examine 
the ,wuhan ,institute of ,virology's    
database of approximately #bb1jjj       
samples and virus sequences1 including  
#ae1jjj taken from bats1 which was      
previously available to the public but  
taken offline in ,september #bjai4 ,the 
team is further allowed to examine in   
full all training procedures in effect  
at the laboratory prior to the pandemic1
 including those pertaining to          
recordkeeping and safety procedures and 
strategies to prevent the accidental    
escape of potential pathogens4  7,c7    
,the investigative team analyzes in     
detail all research related to the #bic 
bat coronaviruses reportedly isolated by
 ,shi ,zhengli and her team at the      
,wuhan ,institute of ,virology between  
#bjab and #bjae1 particularly ,ra,t,g#ac
 and ,ra,bt,co,v_/#diia1 including all  
virus isolates and cultures4 ,the ,wuhan

 ,institute of ,virology discloses the  
content of all classified and           
unpublished studies that the ,institute 
reportedly conducted with the ,people's 
,liberation ,army if such studies       
involved gain-of-function research4 ,the
 team is able to test all laboratory    
personnel for antibodies and other      
serological indicators of past infection
 of ,,covid-#ai4 ,the team is given     
access to all other records kept by the 
,wuhan ,institute of ,virology1         
including security logs1 surveillance   
video footage1 audio recordings1 and    
electronic logs of employees entering   
and leaving the facility4 ,the          
investigative team is permitted to take 
samples and conduct testing of the      
physical facilities where               
gain-of-function research has been      
conducted1 including1 if necessary1     
sewer samples4 ,unfettered access is    
also granted to the abandoned copper    
mine in ,mojiang ,hani ,autonomous      
,county in ,yunnan province1 where      

,wuhan ,institute of ,virology          
researchers are known to have collected 
bat virus specimens1 including of       
,ra,t,g#ac1 during the decade preceding 
the date of the enactment of this ,act4 
7,d7 ,the international team is         
comprised of members chosen by the      
governments of the ,united ,states1     
,canada1 the ,united ,kingdom1 ,france1 
the ,netherlands1 ,germany1 ,australia1 
,japan1 and ,india4 ,the team includes  
molecular biologists1 virologists1      
epidemiologists1 and experts in         
biosafety and biosecurity4 ,individuals 
who have previously ruled out the       
possibility of either zoonotic          
transmission or a laboratory leak are   
disqualified from participation4 ,the   
,government of the ,people's ,republic  
of ,china may appoint ,chinese experts  
to accompany and advise the team as it  
conducts its work in the ,people's      
,republic of ,china1 but the ,government
 of the ,people's ,republic of ,china   
has no authority to dictate the         

selection of team members and cannot    
obstruct the participation of any       
individual selected by the individual's 
government for the team4 ,the central1  
provincial1 and municipal authorities of
 the ,people's ,republic of ,china      
facilitate the work of the investigative
 team and refrain from imposing any     
restrictions on the scope1 scale1 and   
duration of the investigation4  7#d7    
,united states person ,the term ,united 
,states person means-- 7,a7 an          
individual who is a ,united ,states     
citizen or an alien lawfully admitted   
for permanent residence to the ,united  
,states2  7,b7 an entity organized under
 the laws of the ,united ,states or any 
jurisdiction within the ,united ,states1
 including a foreign branch of such an  
entity2 or  7,c7 any person in the      
,united ,states4