118th Congress International Affairs
S. 444: No WHO Pandemic Preparedness Treaty Without Senate Approval Act
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Summary
This bill establishes that any convention or agreement on pandemic-related issues reached by the World Health Assembly (WHA) pursuant to a specified negotiating body shall be deemed to be a treaty requiring the advice and consent of the Senate.
Specifically, this bill applies to any international instrument negotiated by the intergovernmental negotiating body established by the WHA in December 2021 to strengthen pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Roll calls
No roll call votes have been held on this bill.
Amendments
No amendments were offered to this bill.
Cosponsors
- Marsha Blackburn R-TNOriginal
- John Barrasso R-WYOriginal
- Mike Braun R-INOriginal
- Katie Britt R-ALOriginal
- Tom Cotton R-AROriginal
- Ted Cruz R-TXOriginal
- Steve Daines R-MTOriginal
- Charles Grassley R-IAOriginal
- Bill Hagerty R-TNOriginal
- John Hoeven R-NDOriginal
- Mike Lee R-UTOriginal
- Roger Marshall R-KSOriginal
- Marco Rubio R-FLOriginal
- Rick Scott R-FLOriginal
- Tommy Tuberville R-ALOriginal
- Thom Tillis R-NCOriginal
- Deb Fischer R-NE
- Rand Paul R-KY
- John Boozman R-AR
- Susan Collins R-ME
- Shelley Capito R-WV
- John Cornyn R-TX
- Bill Cassidy R-LA
- Kevin Cramer R-ND
- Lindsey Graham R-SC
- Cindy Hyde-Smith R-MS
- Joshua Hawley R-MO
- John Kennedy R-LA
- Cynthia Lummis R-WY
- James Lankford R-OK
- Markwayne Mullin R-OK
- James Risch R-ID
- Mike Rounds R-SD
- Mitt Romney R-UT
- Pete Ricketts R-NE
- Tim Scott R-SC
- Eric Schmitt R-MO
- John Thune R-SD
- James David Vance R-OH
- Roger Wicker R-MS
- Todd Young R-IN
- Ted Budd R-NC
- Michael Crapo R-ID
- Dan Sullivan R-AK
- Joni Ernst R-IA
- Lisa Murkowski R-AK
- Jerry Moran R-KS
- Mitch McConnell R-KY
Who scored on this bill
- 1Ron Johnson SponsorIntroduced, reached a cosponsor milestone2 events+6
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History
- Introduced in the Senate by Ron Johnson.
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- Introduced in Senate
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.