S 4343 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

No WHO Pandemic Preparedness Treaty Without Senate Approval Act

Introduced May 26, 2022 Originated Senate Sponsor Ron Johnson R-WI

Fact sheet

Latest action · May 26, 2022 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

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.

  1. IntroducedMay 26, 2022
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

No WHO Pandemic Preparedness Treaty Without Senate Approval Act

This bill establishes that any convention or agreement on pandemic-related issues reached by the World Health Assembly (WHA) pursuant to a specified negotiating body shall be deemed to be a treaty requiring the advice and consent of the Senate.

Specifically, this bill applies to any international instrument negotiated by the intergovernmental negotiating body established by the WHA in December 2021 to strengthen pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response.

Cosponsors 19

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 26, 2022 to Jun 8, 2022, with 15 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-TNBill HagertyOriginalMay 26, 2022
R-IAChuck GrassleyOriginalMay 26, 2022
R-MSCindy Hyde-SmithOriginalMay 26, 2022
R-WYJohn BarrassoOriginalMay 26, 2022
R-NDJohn HoevenOriginalMay 26, 2022
R-FLMarco RubioOriginalMay 26, 2022
R-INMike BraunOriginalMay 26, 2022
R-UTMike LeeOriginalMay 26, 2022
R-FLRick ScottOriginalMay 26, 2022
R-KSRoger MarshallOriginalMay 26, 2022
R-MTSteve DainesOriginalMay 26, 2022
R-TXTed CruzOriginalMay 26, 2022
R-NCThom TillisOriginalMay 26, 2022
R-ARTom CottonOriginalMay 26, 2022
R-ALTommy TubervilleOriginalMay 26, 2022
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Actions 2

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  1. May 26, 2022Introduced in Senate
  2. May 26, 2022Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Subjects

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  1. May 26, 2022Introduced in Senate

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