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Li Wenliang Global Public Health Accountability Act of 2021

USA117th CongressS-1987| Senate 
| Updated: 6/9/2021
Tom Cotton

Tom Cotton

Republican Senator

Arkansas

Cosponsors (6)
Rick Scott (Republican)Thomas Tillis (Republican)Marsha Blackburn (Republican)James Lankford (Republican)Bill Hagerty (Republican)Steve Daines (Republican)

Foreign Relations Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Li Wenliang Global Public Health Accountability Act of 2021 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. 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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Bill from Previous Congress

S 116-3600
Li Wenliang Global Public Health Accountability Act of 2020
Jun 9, 2021
Introduced in Senate
Jun 9, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 116-3600
    Li Wenliang Global Public Health Accountability Act of 2020


  • June 9, 2021
    Introduced in Senate


  • June 9, 2021
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

International Affairs

Related Bills

  • HR 117-3583: Never Again International Outbreak Prevention Act
  • HR 117-7457: Hold CCP Accountable Act of 2022
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 2021

USA117th CongressS-1987| Senate 
| Updated: 6/9/2021
Li Wenliang Global Public Health Accountability Act of 2021 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. 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

Bill from Previous Congress

S 116-3600
Li Wenliang Global Public Health Accountability Act of 2020
Jun 9, 2021
Introduced in Senate
Jun 9, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 116-3600
    Li Wenliang Global Public Health Accountability Act of 2020


  • June 9, 2021
    Introduced in Senate


  • June 9, 2021
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Tom Cotton

Tom Cotton

Republican Senator

Arkansas

Cosponsors (6)
Rick Scott (Republican)Thomas Tillis (Republican)Marsha Blackburn (Republican)James Lankford (Republican)Bill Hagerty (Republican)Steve Daines (Republican)

Foreign Relations Committee

International Affairs

Related Bills

  • HR 117-3583: Never Again International Outbreak Prevention Act
  • HR 117-7457: Hold CCP Accountable Act of 2022
  • 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