Defend COVID Research from Hackers Act
United States116th CongressS-4793Senate
Updated: Oct 1, 2020
Summary
Defend COVID Research from Hackers Act This bill authorizes the President to impose visa-blocking, property-blocking, or economic sanctions on a foreign person that is involved in activities that are reasonably likely to result in a significant threat to U.S. national security, foreign policy, public health, economic health, or financial stability. The Department of State must submit a report detailing the extent of known or attempted cyber-enabled activities by foreign persons related to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) and assessing whether those activities qualify for the imposition of sanctions.
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Timeline
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Senate
Introduced in Senate
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