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No WHO Pandemic Preparedness Treaty Without Senate Approval Act

USA117th CongressS-4343| Senate 
| Updated: 5/26/2022
Ron Johnson

Ron Johnson

Republican Senator

Wisconsin

Cosponsors (19)
Tommy Tuberville (Republican)Rick Scott (Republican)Mike Braun (Republican)Roger Marshall (Republican)Thomas Tillis (Republican)Cindy Hyde-Smith (Republican)Mike Lee (Republican)Marsha Blackburn (Republican)Tom Cotton (Republican)John Boozman (Republican)Ted Cruz (Republican)James Lankford (Republican)Deb Fischer (Republican)Bill Hagerty (Republican)John Barrasso (Republican)Chuck Grassley (Republican)Marco Rubio (Republican)Steve Daines (Republican)John Hoeven (Republican)

Foreign Relations Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
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
May 26, 2022
Introduced in Senate
May 26, 2022
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
  • May 26, 2022
    Introduced in Senate


  • May 26, 2022
    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.
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Timeline
May 26, 2022
Introduced in Senate
May 26, 2022
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
  • May 26, 2022
    Introduced in Senate


  • May 26, 2022
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Ron Johnson

Ron Johnson

Republican Senator

Wisconsin

Cosponsors (19)
Tommy Tuberville (Republican)Rick Scott (Republican)Mike Braun (Republican)Roger Marshall (Republican)Thomas Tillis (Republican)Cindy Hyde-Smith (Republican)Mike Lee (Republican)Marsha Blackburn (Republican)Tom Cotton (Republican)John Boozman (Republican)Ted Cruz (Republican)James Lankford (Republican)Deb Fischer (Republican)Bill Hagerty (Republican)John Barrasso (Republican)Chuck Grassley (Republican)Marco Rubio (Republican)Steve Daines (Republican)John Hoeven (Republican)

Foreign Relations Committee

International Affairs

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
AsiaChinaCongressional oversightEmergency medical services and trauma careHealth promotion and preventive careInfectious and parasitic diseasesInternational law and treatiesInternational organizations and cooperationSenateWorld health