,,ii #aagth ,,congress #ast ,session ,s4 #bif ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states ,february #h1 #bjba,mr4 ,scott of ,florida 7for himself and ,mr4 ,hawley7 introduced the following bill2 which was read twice and referred to the ,committee on ,foreign ,relations ,a ,,bill ,to limit funding for the ,world ,health ,organization1 and for other purposes4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,world ,health ,organization ,accountability ,act of #bjba4 #b4 ,finding ,congress finds that1 in response to the ,world ,health ,organization's denial that ,taiwan ever alerted the organization to the possibility of human-to-human transmission of ,,covid-#ai1 the ,central ,epidemic ,command ,center made the following statement on ,april #aa1 #bjbj3 7#a7 ,the ,taiwan ,centers for ,disease ,control 7,taiwan ,,cdc7 learned from online sources that there had been at least seven cases of atypical pneumonia in ,wuhan1 ,china4 ,in ,china1 the term atypical pneumonia is commonly used to refer to ,,sars1 a disease transmitted between humans caused by coronavirus4 7#b7 ,owing to its experience with the ,,sars epidemic in #bjjc1 ,taiwan vigilantly kept track of information about the new outbreak4 ,on ,december #ca1 #bjai1 ,taiwan sent an email to the ,international ,health ,regulations 7,,ihr7 focal point under the ,world ,health ,organization 7,,who71 informing ,,who of its understanding of the disease and also requesting further information from ,,who4 ,given the lack of clarity at the time1 as well as the many rumors that were circulating1 ,taiwan's aim was to ensure that all relevant parties remained alert1 especially since the outbreak occurred just before the ,lunar ,new ,year holiday1 which typically sees tremendous amounts of travel4 ,to be prudent1 in the email we took pains to refer to atypical pneumonia1 and specifically noted that patients had been isolated for treatment4 ,public health professionals could discern from this wording that there was a real possibility of human-to-human transmission of the disease4 ,however1 because at the time there were as yet no cases of the disease in ,taiwan1 we could not state directly and conclusively that there had been human-to-human transmission4 7#c7 ,the ,taiwan ,,cdc also contacted the ,chinese ,center for ,disease ,control and ,prevention in a bid to obtain more information4 ,however1 in response to our inquiries1 the ,,who ,,ihr focal point only responded with a short message stating that ,taiwan's information had been forwarded to expert colleagues2 ,china provided only a press release4 7#d7 ,even though ,taiwan strongly suspected that human-to-human transmission of the disease was already occurring at the time1 we were unable to gain confirmation through existing channels4 ,therefore1 on the day the aforementioned email was sent to ,,who1 the ,taiwan government activated enhanced border control and quarantine measures based on the assumption that human-to-human transmission was in fact occurring4 ,these measures included screening passengers on flights from ,wuhan prior to disembarkation4 7#e7 ,in mid-,january1 the ,taiwan ,,cdc dispatched experts to ,wuhan to gain a better understanding of the epidemic1 the control measures taken there1 and patients' exposure history4 ,based on preliminary research1 ,taiwan determined that this form of pneumonia could indeed spread via human-to-human transmission4 4 #c4 ,restriction on ,world ,health ,organization funding 7a7 ,in general ,no funds may be provided as an assessed or voluntary contribution to the ,world ,health ,organization 7,,who7 until-- 7#a7 the ,world ,health ,organization replaces all of the top leadership of the organization that was in place as of ,january #a1 #bjbj1 including the positions set forth in subsection 7b72 and 7#b7 ,taiwan is accepted as a ,member ,state of the ,world ,health ,organization4 7b7 ,covered positions ,the positions referred to in subsection 7a77#a7 are as follows3 7#a7 ,,who ,director-,general4 7#b7 ,,who ,deputy ,director-,general4 7#c7 ,chef de ,cabinet4 7#d7 ,executive ,director for ,external ,relations and ,governance4 7#e7 ,executive ,director1 ,,who ,health ,emergencies ,programme4 7#f7 ,chief ,scientist4 7#g7 ,senior ,advisor to the ,director-,general1 ,organizational ,change4 7#h7 ,special ,advisor to the ,director-,general4 7#i7 ,assistant ,director-,general1 ,special ,advisor to the ,director-,general1 ,strategic ,priorities4 7#aj7 ,assistant ,director-,general1 ,universal ,health ,coverage_/,healthier ,populations4 7#aa7 ,assistant ,director-,general1 ,business ,operations4 7#ab7 ,assistant ,director-,general1 ,,who's office at the ,united ,nations in ,new ,york4 7#ac7 ,assistant ,director-,general1 ,access to ,medicines and ,health ,products4 7#ad7 ,assistant ,director-,general1 ,universal ,health ,coverage_/,communicable and ,noncommunicable ,diseases4 7#ae7 ,assistant ,director-,general1 ,emergency ,preparedness and ,international ,health ,regulations4 7#af7 ,assistant-,director ,general1 ,strategic ,initiatives4 7#ag7 ,assistant ,director-,general1 ,emergency ,response4 7#ah7 ,director-,general's ,envoy for ,multilateral ,affairs4 7#ai7 ,assistant ,director-,general1 ,antimicrobial ,resistance4 7#bj7 ,assistant ,director-,general1 for ,data1 ,analytics and ,delivery4 7#ba7 ,,who ,regional ,director for ,africa4 7#bb7 ,,who ,regional ,director for the ,americas4 7#bc7 ,,who ,regional ,director for ,south-,east ,asia4 7#bd7 ,,who ,regional ,director for ,europe4 7#be7 ,,who ,regional ,director for the ,eastern ,mediterranean4 7#bf7 ,,who ,regional ,director for the ,western ,pacific4 7c7 ,limitation ,no funds may be provided as a ,united ,states assessed or voluntary contribution to the ,world ,health ,organization in a fiscal year in excess of the amount contributed by any other ,member ,state of the organization during such fiscal year4