,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #dba  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,february #ad1      
#bjbc,ms4 ,ernst introduced the         
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,foreign 
,relations  ,a ,,bill  ,to prohibit     
,federal funding to the ,wuhan          
,institute of ,virology and to require a
 ,,gao study regarding ,federal funds   
previously provided to such institute or
 to entities affiliated with the        
,chinese ,government4  #a4 ,short title 
,this ,act may be cited as the ,defund  
the ,wuhan ,institute of ,virology ,act4
  #b4 ,prohibition on ,federal funding  
to the ,wuhan ,institute of ,virology   
7a7 ,in general ,no funds authorized or 
appropriated by ,federal law may be made
 available to the ,wuhan ,institute of  
,virology for any purpose4  7b7 ,,gao   
study and report ,not later than #b     
years after the date of the enactment of
 this ,act1 the ,comptroller ,general of
 the ,united ,states shall conduct a    

study and submit a report to ,congress  
regarding the amount of ,federal funds  
that were awarded or indirectly provided
 7whether purposely or inadvertently7   
during the #ae-year period immediately  
preceding such date of enactment to--   
7#a7 the ,wuhan ,institute of ,virology1
 including affiliated researchers2  7#b7
 the ,people's ,republic of ,china2     
7#c7 the ,chinese ,communist ,party2 or 
7#d7 any agency or instrumentality of   
the entities listed in paragraphs 7#a7  
through 7#c74