Li Wenliang Global Public Health Accountability Act of 2020
Latest action · Mar 31, 2020 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.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 31, 2020
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Li Wenliang Global Public Health Accountability Act of 2020
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 (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.
Cosponsors 9
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 31, 2020 to Oct 20, 2020, with 6 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-NJ | Christopher H. Smith | Original | Mar 31, 2020 |
| R-IN | Jim Banks | Original | Mar 31, 2020 |
| R-WY | Liz Cheney | Original | Mar 31, 2020 |
| R-WI | Mike Gallagher | Original | Mar 31, 2020 |
| R-UT | Rob Bishop | Original | Mar 31, 2020 |
| R-FL | Ted S. Yoho | Original | Mar 31, 2020 |
| R-TX | Dan Crenshaw | Apr 17, 2020 | |
| R-CO | Ken Buck | Apr 17, 2020 | |
| R-NY | Chris Jacobs | Oct 20, 2020 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 31, 2020Introduced in House
- Mar 31, 2020Referred 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.
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3600 | Li Wenliang Global Public Health Accountability Act of 2020 | Identical bill | May 5, 2020 |
| HR 7132 | Never Again International Outbreak Prevention Act | Related bill | Jun 8, 2020 |
| HR 7733 | Li Wenliang Global Public Health Accountability Act of 2020 | Related bill | Jul 23, 2020 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Cardiovascular and respiratory health
- Congressional oversight
- Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Foreign property
- Government information and archives
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- International Affairs
- Sanctions
- Visas and passports
- War and emergency powers
- World health
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 31, 2020Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov.