Viral Gain-of-Function Research Moratorium Act
Latest action · Jan 26, 2023 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 5.
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 SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Viral Gain-of-Function Research Moratorium Act
This bill prohibits the award of federal research grants to institutions of higher education or research institutes that conduct gain-of-function research. Gain-of-function research refers to any research that (1) could confer attributes to influenza, MERS, or SARS viruses such that the virus would have enhanced pathogenicity or transmissibility in an organism; or (2) involves methods that could enhance potential pandemic pathogens or related risky research with potentially dangerous pathogens.
Cosponsors 13
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 25, 2023 to Jan 17, 2024; 9 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-OK | James Lankford | Original | Jan 25, 2023 |
| R-IA | Joni Ernst | Original | Jan 25, 2023 |
| R-FL | Marco Rubio | Original | Jan 25, 2023 |
| R-TN | Marsha Blackburn | Original | Jan 25, 2023 |
| R-IN | Mike Braun | Original | Jan 25, 2023 |
| R-KY | Rand Paul | Original | Jan 25, 2023 |
| R-MS | Roger F. Wicker | Original | Jan 25, 2023 |
| R-AR | Tom Cotton | Original | Jan 25, 2023 |
| R-AL | Tommy Tuberville | Original | Jan 25, 2023 |
| R-ND | Kevin Cramer | Jan 30, 2023 | |
| R-SC | Lindsey Graham | Jan 30, 2023 | |
| R-MO | Eric Schmitt | Jan 31, 2023 | |
| R-UT | Mike Lee | Jan 17, 2024 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 26, 2023Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 5.
- Jan 25, 2023Introduced in Senate
- Jan 25, 2023Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
In the Congressional Record 2
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S106 | Charles E. Schumer D-NY | Jan 26, 2023 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S94 | Christopher Murphy D-CT | 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.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R47114 | Oversight of Gain-of-Function Research with Pathogens: Issues for Congress | Report | Jul 1, 2025 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to provide a moratorium on all Federal research grants provided to any institution of higher education or other research institute that is conducting gain-of-function research.
- Short Title(s) from PCS (Placed on Senate Calendar) bill text
- Viral Gain-of-Function Research Moratorium Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 26, 2023Placed on Calendar 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.
