Defund EcoHealth Alliance Act
Latest action · Jan 25, 2023 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
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.
- IntroducedJan 25, 2023
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Defund EcoHealth Alliance Act
This bill prohibits the award of federal funds to EcoHealth Alliance, Inc (including any subsidiaries or related organizations). This is a nonprofit research organization that studies coronaviruses in bat populations and other environmental health concerns.
The Government Accountability Office must also audit federal funds provided to that organization over the past decade. The audit must include the amount of those funds provided by EcoHealth Alliance to China, the Chinese Communist Party, or the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
Cosponsors 34
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 25, 2023 to Sep 18, 2023; 16 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-TN | Andrew Ogles | Original | Jan 25, 2023 |
| R-FL | Bill Posey | Original | Jan 25, 2023 |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Original | Jan 25, 2023 |
| R-TX | Dan Crenshaw | Original | Jan 25, 2023 |
| R-AR | Eric A. "Rick" Crawford | Original | Jan 25, 2023 |
| R-IN | James R. Baird | Original | Jan 25, 2023 |
| R-SC | Jeff Duncan | Original | Jan 25, 2023 |
| R-GA | Marjorie Taylor Greene | Original | Jan 25, 2023 |
| R-MS | Michael Guest | Original | Jan 25, 2023 |
| R-CA | Mike Garcia | Original | Jan 25, 2023 |
| R-PA | Mike Kelly | Original | Jan 25, 2023 |
| R-AZ | Paul A. Gosar | Original | Jan 25, 2023 |
| R-TX | Pete Sessions | Original | Jan 25, 2023 |
| R-TX | Ronny Jackson | Original | Jan 25, 2023 |
| R-TN | Scott DesJarlais | Original | Jan 25, 2023 |
| R-PA | Scott Perry | Original | Jan 25, 2023 |
| R-MN | Pete Stauber | Jan 27, 2023 | |
| R-FL | John H. Rutherford | Jan 31, 2023 | |
| R-TN | Diana Harshbarger | Feb 1, 2023 | |
| R-FL | W. Gregory Steube | Feb 1, 2023 | |
| R-FL | Brian J. Mast | Feb 2, 2023 | |
| R-OH | Mike Carey | Feb 2, 2023 | |
| R-WY | Harriet M. Hageman | Feb 6, 2023 | |
| R-TX | Randy K. Weber, Sr. | Feb 6, 2023 | |
| R-FL | Byron Donalds | Feb 17, 2023 | |
| R-IL | Mary E. Miller | Feb 27, 2023 | |
| R-FL | Neal P. Dunn | May 11, 2023 | |
| R-TX | Brian Babin | May 15, 2023 | |
| R-NJ | Christopher H. Smith | May 15, 2023 | |
| R-TX | Keith Self | May 15, 2023 | |
| R-IA | Mariannette Miller-Meeks | May 18, 2023 | |
| R-MN | Brad Finstad | Jun 5, 2023 | |
| R-MI | John R. Moolenaar | Jun 5, 2023 | |
| R-OK | Josh Brecheen | Sep 18, 2023 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Jan 25, 2023 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 25, 2023Introduced in House
- Jan 25, 2023Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
In the Congressional Record 1
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 | Lists H324H.R. 494–529 | — | Jan 25, 2023 |
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. 169, no. 16, January 25, 2023, page H324.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 84 | Defund EcoHealth Alliance Act | Related bill | Jan 25, 2023 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To prohibit Federal funding to EcoHealth Alliance, Inc., and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Defund EcoHealth Alliance Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Animal and plant health
- Asia
- China
- Congressional oversight
- Environmental health
- Government studies and investigations
- Health
- Health programs administration and funding
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Medical research
- Political parties and affiliation
- Research administration and funding
- World health
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 25, 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.
