COVID–19 Origin Act of 2021
Latest action · May 14, 2021 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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.
- IntroducedMay 13, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
COVID-19 Origin Act of 2021
This bill requires the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) to declassify all information relating to potential links between the Wuhan Institute of Virology and the origin of COVID-19. The ODNI shall submit to Congress an unclassified report containing such information, with redactions only as necessary to protect sources and methods.
Cosponsors 24
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 13, 2021 to Jul 29, 2021; 15 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-OH | Bob Gibbs | Original | May 13, 2021 |
| R-TX | Brian Babin | Original | May 13, 2021 |
| R-UT | Chris Stewart | Original | May 13, 2021 |
| R-NC | Dan Bishop | Original | May 13, 2021 |
| R-FL | Daniel Webster | Original | May 13, 2021 |
| R-SD | Dusty Johnson | Original | May 13, 2021 |
| R-PA | Guy Reschenthaler | Original | May 13, 2021 |
| R-MO | Jason Smith | Original | May 13, 2021 |
| R-GA | Jody B. Hice | Original | May 13, 2021 |
| R-FL | John H. Rutherford | Original | May 13, 2021 |
| R-NC | Madison Cawthorn | Original | May 13, 2021 |
| R-TN | Mark E. Green | Original | May 13, 2021 |
| R-AZ | Paul A. Gosar | Original | May 13, 2021 |
| R-PA | Scott Perry | Original | May 13, 2021 |
| R-SC | Tom Rice | Original | May 13, 2021 |
| R-AZ | Andy Biggs | May 19, 2021 | |
| R-OH | Brad R. Wenstrup | May 19, 2021 | |
| R-NY | Elise M. Stefanik | May 19, 2021 | |
| R-AR | Eric A. "Rick" Crawford | May 19, 2021 | |
| R-MI | Fred Upton | May 19, 2021 | |
| R-TX | August Pfluger | Jun 4, 2021 | |
| R-NY | Claudia Tenney | Jun 4, 2021 | |
| R-VA | Ben Cline | Jul 20, 2021 | |
| R-TX | Van Taylor | Jul 29, 2021 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Intelligence (Permanent Select) Committee | Referred May 13, 2021 |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred May 13, 2021 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred May 14, 2021 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 14, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- May 13, 2021Introduced in House
- May 13, 2021Referred to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
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. 83, May 13, 2021, page H2316.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1348 | COVID–19 Origin Act of 2021 | Identical bill | Apr 22, 2021 |
| S 1867 | COVID–19 Origin Act of 2021 | Related bill | May 28, 2021 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require the Director of National Intelligence to declassify information relating to the origin of COVID-19, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- COVID–19 Origin Act of 2021
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Asia
- Cardiovascular and respiratory health
- China
- Congressional oversight
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Government information and archives
- Health personnel
- Health promotion and preventive care
- Hospital care
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
- Medical research
- World health
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 13, 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.
