SAFE Laboratories Act

I 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 1373 To prohibit any head of a Federal agency from providing assistance to the Wuhan Institute of Virology and other laboratories in certain other foreign nations. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MARCH 3, 2023 Mr. STEWART introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs A BILL To prohibit any head of a Federal agency from providing assistance to the Wuhan Institute of Virology and other laboratories in certain other foreign nations. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stop Adversarial 4 Funding Expenditures for Laboratories Act’’ or the 5 ‘‘SAFE Laboratories Act’’. 6 VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:33 Mar 17, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1373.IH H1373 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 1373 IH SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO WUHAN INSTI- 1 TUTE OF VIROLOGY AND OTHER FOREIGN 2 LABORATORIES. 3 No head of a Federal agency may provide assistance, 4 directly or indirectly, to the Wuhan Institute of Virology, 5 or any other laboratory located in a country determined 6 by the Secretary of State to be a foreign adversary, includ- 7 ing China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran. 8 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:33 Mar 17, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H1373.IH H1373 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS