,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #gch  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,february #bf1      
#bjbe,mr4 ,marshall 7for himself and    
,mrs4 ,blackburn7 introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,health1 
,education1 ,labor1 and ,pensions  ,a   
,,bill  ,to provide a moratorium on all 
,federal research grants provided to any
 institution of higher education or     
other research institute that is        
conducting dangerous gain-of-function   
research4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,dangerous ,viral   
,gain of ,function ,research ,moratorium
 ,act4  #b4 ,prohibition on ,federal    
research grants for institutions and    
research institutes conducting dangerous
 gain-of-function research  7a7         
,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7     
,gain-of-function research ,the term    
gain-of-function research means any     
research that-- 7,a7 involves the       
genetic alteration of an organism to    

change or enhance the organism's        
biological functions1 which change or   
enhancement may include increased       
infectivity1 transmissibility1          
pathogenicity1 or host range 7which is  
the spectrum of hosts that an organism  
can infect72 or  7,b7 may be reasonably 
anticipated to confer attributes to an  
organism1 such that the organism would  
have enhanced infectivity1              
pathogenicity1 or transmissibility1 or  
otherwise pose a threat to national     
security1 public safety1 or the health  
of humans1 companion animals1 or        
livestock1 poultry1 seafood and         
aquaculture species1 or game animals4   
7#b7 ,organism ,the term organism means 
an influenza virus1 a coronavirus       
7including a ,middle ,eastern           
,respiratory ,syndrome 7,,mers7 virus1  
,,sars-,co,v-#a1 ,,sars-,co,v-#b1 or    
,,sars-like viruses71 or an agent or    
toxin on the ,select ,agents and ,toxins
 ,list of the ,department of ,health and
 ,human ,services or the ,department of 

,agriculture under part #cca of title   
#g1 ,code of ,federal ,regulations1 part
 #aba of title #i1 ,code of ,federal    
,regulations1 or part #gc of title #db1 
,code of ,federal ,regulations1 or any  
synthetic construct of such virus1      
agent1 or toxin4  7b7 ,prohibition      
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law1 no research grants supported by    
,federal funds may be awarded to        
institutions of higher education1 or    
other research institutes1 that are     
conducting gain-of-function research4