To prohibit the National Institutes of Health and any other Federal agency from funding gain-of-function research conducted in China.

SA 2003. Mr. PAUL (for himself, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Tuberville, Mr.
Marshall, Mr. Braun, and Mr. Tillis) proposed an amendment to amendment
SA 1502 proposed by Mr. Schumer to the bill S. 1260, to establish a new
Directorate for Technology and Innovation in the National Science
Foundation, to establish a regional technology hub program, to require
a strategy and report on economic security, science, research,
innovation, manufacturing, and job creation, to establish a critical
supply chain resiliency program, and for other purposes; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. PROHIBITION ON FUNDING FOR GAIN-OF-FUNCTION RESEARCH
CONDUCTED IN CHINA.

(a) In General.--No funds made available to any Federal
agency, including the National Institutes of Health, may be
used to conduct gain-of-function research in China.
(b) Definition of Gain-of-function Research.--In this
section, the term ``gain-of-function research'' means any
research project that may be reasonably anticipated to confer
attributes to influenza, MERS, or SARS viruses such that the
virus would have enhanced pathogenicity or transmissibility
in mammals.
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