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Li Wenliang Global Public Health Accountability Act of 2020

USA116th CongressS-3600| Senate 
| Updated: 5/5/2020
Tom Cotton

Tom Cotton

Republican Senator

Arkansas

Cosponsors (5)
Thomas Tillis (Republican)Kelly Loeffler (Republican)Josh Hawley (Republican)Patrick Toomey (Republican)Steve Daines (Republican)

Foreign Relations Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Li Wenliang Global Public Health Accountability Act of 2020 This bill authorizes the President to impose property- and visa-blocking sanctions on foreign individuals and entities involved in deliberate acts to conceal or distort information about a public health emergency of international concern, including COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). Specifically, the President may impose sanctions on (1) a government official (or a senior associate of such an official) who is responsible for or complicit in deliberate acts to conceal or distort information about an international public health emergency, or who financially benefits from such acts; or (2) a foreign person or entity that has materially assisted or supported such acts.
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Timeline
May 5, 2020
Introduced in Senate
May 5, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Jul 23, 2020

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 116-7733
Introduced in House
  • May 5, 2020
    Introduced in Senate


  • May 5, 2020
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.


  • July 23, 2020

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 116-7733
    Introduced in House

International Affairs

Related Bills

  • HR 116-6421: Li Wenliang Global Public Health Accountability Act of 2020
  • HR 116-7132: Never Again International Outbreak Prevention Act
  • HR 116-7733: Li Wenliang Global Public Health Accountability Act of 2020
Cardiovascular and respiratory healthCongressional oversightDiplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroadEmergency medical services and trauma careForeign propertyGovernment information and archivesInfectious and parasitic diseasesSanctionsVisas and passportsWorld health

Li Wenliang Global Public Health Accountability Act of 2020

USA116th CongressS-3600| Senate 
| Updated: 5/5/2020
Li Wenliang Global Public Health Accountability Act of 2020 This bill authorizes the President to impose property- and visa-blocking sanctions on foreign individuals and entities involved in deliberate acts to conceal or distort information about a public health emergency of international concern, including COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). Specifically, the President may impose sanctions on (1) a government official (or a senior associate of such an official) who is responsible for or complicit in deliberate acts to conceal or distort information about an international public health emergency, or who financially benefits from such acts; or (2) a foreign person or entity that has materially assisted or supported such acts.
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Timeline
May 5, 2020
Introduced in Senate
May 5, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Jul 23, 2020

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 116-7733
Introduced in House
  • May 5, 2020
    Introduced in Senate


  • May 5, 2020
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.


  • July 23, 2020

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 116-7733
    Introduced in House
Tom Cotton

Tom Cotton

Republican Senator

Arkansas

Cosponsors (5)
Thomas Tillis (Republican)Kelly Loeffler (Republican)Josh Hawley (Republican)Patrick Toomey (Republican)Steve Daines (Republican)

Foreign Relations Committee

International Affairs

Related Bills

  • HR 116-6421: Li Wenliang Global Public Health Accountability Act of 2020
  • HR 116-7132: Never Again International Outbreak Prevention Act
  • HR 116-7733: Li Wenliang Global Public Health Accountability Act of 2020
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Cardiovascular and respiratory healthCongressional oversightDiplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroadEmergency medical services and trauma careForeign propertyGovernment information and archivesInfectious and parasitic diseasesSanctionsVisas and passportsWorld health