S. 3159 · 117th Congress
Fairness and Accountability in Underwriting Chinese Institutions Act
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Fairness and Accountability in Underwriting Chinese Institutions Act or the FAUCI Act
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Nov 3, 2021
Fairness and Accountability in Underwriting Chinese Institutions Act or the FAUCI Act
This bill prohibits making any federal funding available to laboratories or research institutions in China for gain-of-function research. The President may waive this prohibition for national security interests. (Under the bill, gain-of-function research generally involves the enhancement of potential pandemic pathogens or related risky research with potentially dangerous pathogens.)
Furthermore, if the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services determines that a National Institutes of Health official, employee, or grantee has intentionally misled or omitted information in a relevant disclosure (e.g., to Congress) about federal funding for international gain-of-function research, such a person shall be ineligible for any federal funding or federal employment.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Fairness and Accountability in Underwriting Chinese Institutions Act
Also known as: FAUCI Act
Latest action (Nov 3, 2021): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Policy area: International Affairs · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Nov 3, 2021
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.