No WHO Pandemic Preparedness Treaty Without Senate Approval Act This bill establishes that any convention or agreement on pandemic-related issues reached by the World Health Assembly (WHA) pursuant to a specified negotiating body shall be deemed to be a treaty requiring the advice and consent of the Senate. Specifically, this bill applies to any international instrument negotiated by the intergovernmental negotiating body established by the WHA in December 2021 to strengthen pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response.
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Timeline
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
International Affairs
AsiaChinaCongressional oversightEmergency medical services and trauma careHealth promotion and preventive careInfectious and parasitic diseasesInternational law and treatiesInternational organizations and cooperationSenateWorld health
No WHO Pandemic Preparedness Treaty Without Senate Approval Act
USA117th CongressS-4343| Senate
| Updated: 5/26/2022
No WHO Pandemic Preparedness Treaty Without Senate Approval Act This bill establishes that any convention or agreement on pandemic-related issues reached by the World Health Assembly (WHA) pursuant to a specified negotiating body shall be deemed to be a treaty requiring the advice and consent of the Senate. Specifically, this bill applies to any international instrument negotiated by the intergovernmental negotiating body established by the WHA in December 2021 to strengthen pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response.
AsiaChinaCongressional oversightEmergency medical services and trauma careHealth promotion and preventive careInfectious and parasitic diseasesInternational law and treatiesInternational organizations and cooperationSenateWorld health