COVID–19 Origin Act of 2021
Latest action · May 28, 2021 Held at the desk.
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 26, 2021
- Passed SenateMay 26, 2021
- Passed HouseNot 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 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 26, 2021 to May 27, 2021; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-IN | Mike Braun | Original | May 26, 2021 |
| R-MS | Cindy Hyde-Smith | May 27, 2021 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 28, 2021Received in the House.
- May 28, 2021Held at the desk.
- May 27, 2021Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- May 26, 2021Introduced in Senate
- May 26, 2021Passed/agreed to in Senate: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3488-3489; text: CR S3488-3489)
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.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H3710–H3712 | Brad R. Wenstrup R-OH, Darin LaHood R-IL, Michael C. Burgess R-TX | Jul 20, 2021 |
| House | Debate and remarks H2911 | James E. Clyburn D-SC, Steve Scalise R-LA | Jun 17, 2021 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S3488, S3489Text printed S3488, S3506 | Josh Hawley R-MO (text), Mike Braun R-IN | May 26, 2021 |
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 | Related bill | Apr 22, 2021 |
| HR 3191 | COVID–19 Origin Act of 2021 | Related bill | May 14, 2021 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill 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
- Short Title(s) as Passed Senate
- 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 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 26, 2021Considered and Passed Senate
- May 26, 2021Engrossed in Senate
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.
