,i  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dadb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #ae1 #bjbc ,mr4
 ,santos introduced the following bill2 
which was referred to the ,committee on 
the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to provide  
for a cause of action for any ,united   
,states national who lost a relative due
 to ,,covid-#ai4  #a4 ,short title ,this
 ,act may be cited as the ,,ccp         
,wrongful ,death ,accountability ,act of
 #bjbc4  #b4 ,cause of action  7a7 ,in  
general ,notwithstanding any other      
provision of law1 a ,united ,states     
national1 if an immediate relative of   
that national has died of ,,covid-#ai1  
may1 in a civil action against the      
,government of ,china1 recover          
appropriate relief4  7b7 ,action by     
citizen of ,united ,states              
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law 7including chapter #he of title #bh1
 ,united ,states ,code1 commonly        
referred to as the ,foreign ,sovereign  
,immunities ,act7 a citizen of the      

,united ,states may bring an action for 
damages in an appropriate district court
 of the ,united ,states against the     
,government of the ,people's ,republic  
of ,china for harm suffered by the      
citizen as a result of the ,,covid-#ai  
pandemic4  7c7 ,payment by ,united      
,states ,if an individual is awarded    
damages in an action under this section1
 and the ,government of the ,people's   
,republic of ,china has not satisfied   
such award before the date that is one  
year after the date on which the damages
 were awarded1 the individual may seek  
an order from the court directing the   
,united ,states to pay such award to the
 individual4 ,the payment by the ,united
 ,states of any such award shall be     
deducted from any interest or debt owed 
by the ,united ,states to the ,people's 
,republic of ,china1 or from any amounts
 made available to provide ,united      
,states assistance to the ,people's     
,republic of ,china4  7d7 ,definition   
,in this section3 7#a7 ,harm ,the term  

harm includes costs associated with--   
7,a7 the payment of overtime to         
frontline workers2  7,b7 purchasing     
masks and sanitizing products2  7,c7    
purchasing vaccines2  7,d7 research and 
development2  7,e7 developing           
,,covid-#ai testing sites and testing   
individuals for ,,covid-#ai2  7,f7      
purchasing medical equipment related to 
,,covid-#ai2  7,g7 unemployment         
payments2 and  7,h7 laws to provide     
other assistance during the ,,covid-#ai 
pandemic4  7#b7 ,immediate relative ,the
 term immediate relative means a        
brother1 sister1 mother1 or father1     
either biological or adopted4