Li Wenliang Global Public Health Accountability Act of 2021

12/30/2022, 9:30 PM

Li Wenliang Global Public Health Accountability Act of 2021

This bill authorizes the President to impose property- and visa-blocking sanctions on foreign individuals and entities involved in deliberate acts to conceal or distort information about a public health emergency of international concern, including COVID-19.

Specifically, the President may impose sanctions on (1) a government official (or a senior associate of such an official) who is responsible for or complicit in deliberate acts to conceal or distort information about an international public health emergency, or who financially benefits from such acts; or (2) a foreign person or entity that has materially assisted or supported such acts.

Congress
117

Number
S - 1987

Introduced on
2021-06-09

# Amendments
0

Sponsors
+5

Cosponsors
+5

Variations and Revisions

6/9/2021

Status of Legislation

Bill Introduced
Introduced to House
House to Vote
Introduced to Senate
Senate to Vote

Purpose and Summary

Li Wenliang Global Public Health Accountability Act of 2021

This bill authorizes the President to impose property- and visa-blocking sanctions on foreign individuals and entities involved in deliberate acts to conceal or distort information about a public health emergency of international concern, including COVID-19.

Specifically, the President may impose sanctions on (1) a government official (or a senior associate of such an official) who is responsible for or complicit in deliberate acts to conceal or distort information about an international public health emergency, or who financially benefits from such acts; or (2) a foreign person or entity that has materially assisted or supported such acts.

Alternative Names
Official Title as IntroducedA bill to authorize the imposition of sanctions with respect to the deliberate concealment or distortion of information about public health emergencies of international concern, and for other purposes.

Policy Areas
International Affairs

Potential Impact
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Foreign property
Government information and archives
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Sanctions
Visas and passports
World health

Comments

Recent Activity

Latest Summary8/25/2021

Li Wenliang Global Public Health Accountability Act of 2021

This bill authorizes the President to impose property- and visa-blocking sanctions on foreign individuals and entities involved in deliberate acts to conceal or distort inf...


Latest Action6/9/2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.