,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #fai  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,march #a1 #bjbc,mr4
 ,hawley 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,braun1 ,mr4
 ,marshall1 ,mr4 ,lee1 and ,mr4 ,scott  
of ,florida7 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     
#bjbc4  #b4 ,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  
#c4 ,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