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COVID Act of 2023

USA118th CongressS-588| Senate 
| Updated: 3/1/2023
Marco Rubio

Marco Rubio

Republican Senator

Florida

Cosponsors (14)
Rick Scott (Republican)Mike Braun (Republican)Roger Marshall (Republican)Thomas Tillis (Republican)Cindy Hyde-Smith (Republican)Cynthia M. Lummis (Republican)Marsha Blackburn (Republican)Roger F. Wicker (Republican)Tim Scott (Republican)Kevin Cramer (Republican)James Lankford (Republican)Chuck Grassley (Republican)Steve Daines (Republican)John Hoeven (Republican)

Foreign Relations Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Coronavirus Origin Validation, Investigation, and Determination Act of 2023 or the COVID Act of 2023 This bill requires the President to impose sanctions and take other actions related to COVID-19 if certain conditions are not met. Specifically, if the President is unable to certify within 90 days of this bill's enactment that China's government has allowed a transparent international forensic investigation into the origins of COVID-19 at certain laboratories in the city of Wuhan, the President must impose visa- and property-blocking sanctions against (1) individuals with leadership positions in the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS); and (2) officials of the Chinese Communist Party, China's military, or China's State Council who were involved in concealing or restricting information about the initial COVID-19 outbreak in China. If the certification cannot be made, the President must also (1) prohibit federal funding for collaborative projects between U.S.-based researchers and CAS researchers in any academic field, and (2) prohibit U.S.-based researchers and institutions that receive federal funding from engaging in certain research on viruses with individuals or institutions based in China.
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Bill from Previous Congress

S 117-3463
COVID Act of 2022

Bill from Previous Congress

S 117-2148
COVID Act of 2021
Mar 1, 2023
Introduced in Senate
Mar 1, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 117-3463
    COVID Act of 2022


  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 117-2148
    COVID Act of 2021


  • March 1, 2023
    Introduced in Senate


  • March 1, 2023
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

International Affairs

COVID Act of 2023

USA118th CongressS-588| Senate 
| Updated: 3/1/2023
Coronavirus Origin Validation, Investigation, and Determination Act of 2023 or the COVID Act of 2023 This bill requires the President to impose sanctions and take other actions related to COVID-19 if certain conditions are not met. Specifically, if the President is unable to certify within 90 days of this bill's enactment that China's government has allowed a transparent international forensic investigation into the origins of COVID-19 at certain laboratories in the city of Wuhan, the President must impose visa- and property-blocking sanctions against (1) individuals with leadership positions in the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS); and (2) officials of the Chinese Communist Party, China's military, or China's State Council who were involved in concealing or restricting information about the initial COVID-19 outbreak in China. If the certification cannot be made, the President must also (1) prohibit federal funding for collaborative projects between U.S.-based researchers and CAS researchers in any academic field, and (2) prohibit U.S.-based researchers and institutions that receive federal funding from engaging in certain research on viruses with individuals or institutions based in China.
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Timeline

Bill from Previous Congress

S 117-3463
COVID Act of 2022

Bill from Previous Congress

S 117-2148
COVID Act of 2021
Mar 1, 2023
Introduced in Senate
Mar 1, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 117-3463
    COVID Act of 2022


  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 117-2148
    COVID Act of 2021


  • March 1, 2023
    Introduced in Senate


  • March 1, 2023
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Marco Rubio

Marco Rubio

Republican Senator

Florida

Cosponsors (14)
Rick Scott (Republican)Mike Braun (Republican)Roger Marshall (Republican)Thomas Tillis (Republican)Cindy Hyde-Smith (Republican)Cynthia M. Lummis (Republican)Marsha Blackburn (Republican)Roger F. Wicker (Republican)Tim Scott (Republican)Kevin Cramer (Republican)James Lankford (Republican)Chuck Grassley (Republican)Steve Daines (Republican)John Hoeven (Republican)

Foreign Relations Committee

International Affairs

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted