Fire Fauci Act
Latest action · Oct 25, 2021 Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mrs. Greene (GA). Petition No: 117-7. (<a href="https://clerk.house.gov/DischargePetition/20211025?CongressNum=117">Discharge petition</a> text with signatures.)
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.
- IntroducedApr 1, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Fire Fauci Act
This bill reduces the annual rate of pay of the Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) to $0. This reduction applies until there is a new director who is not Anthony Fauci, MD.
In addition, the Government Accountability Office must audit digital correspondence, policy memoranda, and financial transactions of the Office of the Director of NIAID from October 1, 2019, through December 31, 2021.
Cosponsors 20
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 5, 2021 to Dec 13, 2021.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-KY | Thomas Massie | Apr 5, 2021 | |
| R-AZ | Andy Biggs | Apr 13, 2021 | |
| R-AZ | Paul A. Gosar | May 11, 2021 | |
| R-IL | Mary E. Miller | May 12, 2021 | |
| R-VA | Bob Good | Jun 4, 2021 | |
| R-GA | Earl L. "Buddy" Carter | Jun 4, 2021 | |
| R-FL | Matt Gaetz | Jun 4, 2021 | |
| R-AL | Mo Brooks | Jun 8, 2021 | |
| R-FL | W. Gregory Steube | Jun 8, 2021 | |
| R-TX | Louie Gohmert | Jun 15, 2021 | |
| R-AL | Barry Moore | Jun 16, 2021 | |
| R-SC | Ralph Norman | Jun 16, 2021 | |
| R-SC | Jeff Duncan | Jun 21, 2021 | |
| R-TX | Lance Gooden | Jul 9, 2021 | |
| R-TX | Ronny Jackson | Jul 22, 2021 | |
| R-TX | Michael Cloud | Sep 30, 2021 | |
| R-MD | Andy Harris | Oct 26, 2021 | |
| R-MO | Vicky Hartzler | Oct 28, 2021 | |
| R-TX | Van Taylor | Nov 12, 2021 | |
| R-IL | Rodney Davis | Dec 13, 2021 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Apr 1, 2021 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Apr 2, 2021 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 25, 2021Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mrs. Greene (GA). Petition No: 117-7. (<a href="https://clerk.house.gov/DischargePetition/20211025?CongressNum=117">Discharge petition</a> text with signatures.)
- Apr 2, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Apr 1, 2021Introduced in House
- Apr 1, 2021Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
In the Congressional Record 3
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 59, April 1, 2021, page H1707.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To reduce the salary of the Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, to provide for an audit of the correspondence, financial statements, and policy memoranda within the Office of the Director during the COVID-19 outbreak, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Fire Fauci Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Accounting and auditing
- Cardiovascular and respiratory health
- Congressional oversight
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Federal officials
- Government studies and investigations
- Health
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 1, 2021Introduced 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; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
