US Congress House Bill 6421 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 10-0)
Status: Introduced on March 31 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-03-31 - Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Pending: House Foreign Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). 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.

Li Wenliang Global Public Health Accountability Act of 2020

Rep. John Curtis [R-UT]	Rep. Liz Cheney [R-WY]	Rep. Mike Gallagher [R-WI]	Rep. Jim Banks [R-IN]
Rep. Ted Yoho [R-FL]	Rep. Rob Bishop [R-UT]	Rep. Christopher Smith [R-NJ]	Rep. Ken Buck [R-CO]
Rep. Dan Crenshaw [R-TX]	Rep. Christopher Jacobs [R-NY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-31	House	Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2020-03-31	House	Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2020-03-31	House	Introduced in House

SB3600 (Same As) 2020-05-05 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
HB7132 (Related) 2020-06-08 - Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, the Judiciary, and Oversight and Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
HB7733 (Related) 2020-07-23 - Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6421/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr6421/BILLS-116hr6421ih.pdf