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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 92 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To require Senate approval before the United States assumes any obligation |
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| 6 | 6 | | under a WHO pandemic agreement and to suspend funding for the |
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| 7 | 7 | | WHO until such agreement is ratified by the Senate. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 9 | 9 | | JANUARY14, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. B |
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| 11 | 11 | | ARRASSO(for himself, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. MARSHALL, Mr. SCOTTof |
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| 12 | 12 | | Florida, Mr. R |
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| 13 | 13 | | ICKETTS, Mr. PAUL, Mr. DAINES, Mr. WICKER, Mr. |
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| 14 | 14 | | H |
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| 15 | 15 | | OEVEN, Mr. CRAPO, Mr. RISCH, Ms. LUMMIS, Mrs. FISCHER, Mrs. |
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| 16 | 16 | | B |
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| 17 | 17 | | LACKBURN, and Mr. CRUZ) introduced the following bill; which was |
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| 18 | 18 | | read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations |
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| 19 | 19 | | A BILL |
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| 20 | 20 | | To require Senate approval before the United States assumes |
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| 21 | 21 | | any obligation under a WHO pandemic agreement and |
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| 22 | 22 | | to suspend funding for the WHO until such agreement |
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| 23 | 23 | | is ratified by the Senate. |
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| 24 | 24 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 25 | 25 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 26 | 26 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 27 | 27 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Defending American 4 |
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| 28 | 28 | | Sovereignty in Global Pandemics Act’’. 5 |
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| 31 | 31 | | •S 92 IS |
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| 32 | 32 | | SEC. 2. TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF UNITED STATES 1 |
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| 33 | 33 | | FUNDING FOR THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANI-2 |
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| 34 | 34 | | ZATION UNTIL PANDEMIC TREATY IS AP-3 |
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| 35 | 35 | | PROVED BY THE SENATE. 4 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (a) P |
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| 37 | 37 | | ROHIBITION.—The United States shall not be-5 |
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| 38 | 38 | | come a party to a convention, agreement, or other inter-6 |
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| 39 | 39 | | national instrument under the Constitution of the World 7 |
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| 40 | 40 | | Health Organization to strengthen pandemic prevention, 8 |
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| 41 | 41 | | preparedness, and response except pursuant to a treaty 9 |
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| 42 | 42 | | made under Article II, section 2, clause 2 of the Constitu-10 |
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| 43 | 43 | | tion of the United States on or after the date of the enact-11 |
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| 44 | 44 | | ment of this Act. 12 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (b) F |
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| 46 | 46 | | UNDINGRESTRICTION.—The Government of 13 |
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| 47 | 47 | | the United States may not obligate or expend any funds 14 |
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| 48 | 48 | | for the World Health Organization beginning on the effec-15 |
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| 49 | 49 | | tive date of an agreement described in subsection (a) and 16 |
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| 50 | 50 | | ending on the date on which the Senate approves a resolu-17 |
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| 51 | 51 | | tion of ratification with respect to such convention, agree-18 |
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| 52 | 52 | | ment, or instrument. 19 |
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