S.Amdt. 5159

SA 5159. Mr. PAUL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 5135 proposed by Mr. Schumer to the bill H.R. 4346, making
appropriations for Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2022, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on
the table; 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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