COVID–19 Origin Act of 2023
Latest action · Mar 30, 2023 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 20.
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 3, 2023
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
COVID-19 Origin Act of 2023
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 must submit to Congress an unclassified report with all such information with redactions only as necessary to protect sources and methods.
Cosponsors 13
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Mar 3, 2023.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-GA | Austin Scott | Original | Mar 3, 2023 |
| R-OH | Brad R. Wenstrup | Original | Mar 3, 2023 |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Original | Mar 3, 2023 |
| R-UT | Chris Stewart | Original | Mar 3, 2023 |
| R-TX | Dan Crenshaw | Original | Mar 3, 2023 |
| R-IL | Darin LaHood | Original | Mar 3, 2023 |
| R-NY | Elise M. Stefanik | Original | Mar 3, 2023 |
| R-AR | Eric A. "Rick" Crawford | Original | Mar 3, 2023 |
| R-AR | J. French Hill | Original | Mar 3, 2023 |
| R-FL | Michael Waltz | Original | Mar 3, 2023 |
| R-WI | Mike Gallagher | Original | Mar 3, 2023 |
| R-CA | Mike Garcia | Original | Mar 3, 2023 |
| R-MS | Trent Kelly | Original | Mar 3, 2023 |
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 Mar 3, 2023Markup Mar 7, 2023Reported Mar 30, 2023 |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Mar 3, 2023Discharged Mar 30, 2023 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Mar 10, 2023 |
Actions 8
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 30, 2023Reported by the Committee on Intelligence. H. Rept. 118-32, Part I.
- Mar 30, 2023Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
- Mar 30, 2023Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 20.
- Mar 10, 2023Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Mar 7, 2023Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Mar 7, 2023Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- Mar 3, 2023Introduced in House
- Mar 3, 2023Referred 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.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Mar 9, 2023H.R. 1376, COVID-19 Origin Act of 2023As ordered reported by the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence on March 7, 2023
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 41, March 3, 2023, page H1115.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 619 | COVID-19 Origin Act of 2023 | Identical bill | Mar 20, 2023 |
Titles 3
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 2023
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- COVID–19 Origin Act of 2023
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 30, 2023Reported in House
- Mar 3, 2023Introduced 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.
