S.Amdt. 4495

SA 4495. Mr. RISCH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be proposed to
the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022
for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place in title X, insert the following:

SEC. ___. PROHIBITION WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN TYPES OF LIFE
SCIENCES RESEARCH.

No Federal funds may be obligated or expended for the
purpose of conducting research that increases the
pathogenicity, contagiousness, or transmissibility of viruses
or bacteria, including any research anticipated to involve
enhanced potential pandemic pathogens, if such research
involves a foreign entity that is subject to the jurisdiction
of any of the following countries:
(1) The People's Republic of China.
(2) The Russian Federation.
(3) The Islamic Republic of Iran.
(4) The Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
(5) The Syrian Arab Republic.
(6) Any other country specified in the report assessing
compliance with the Biological Weapons Convention, as
required by section 403(a) of the Arms Control and
Disarmament Act (22 U.S.C. 2583a(a)) in the relevant calendar
year.
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