Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Unmasking the Origins of COVID–19 Act”.
Unmasking the Origins of COVID–19 Act
A BILL
To amend the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to authorize rewards regarding the identification of credible information regarding the origins of COVID–19, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Authorization for reward
Subsection (b) of section 36 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2708) is amended—
in paragraph (12), by striking “or” after the semicolon at the end;
in paragraph (13), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; or”; and
by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
“(14) the identification of—
“(A) the origins of COVID–19;
“(B) any person or entity involved in the coverup of the origins of COVID–19; or
“(C) nonpublic information related to gain of function research conducted at or in connection with Chinese laboratories, including the Wuhan Institute of Virology, with respect to coronaviruses, that has been covered up by the Government of the People’s Republic of China or the Chinese Communist Party.”