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H.R. 3922: World Deserves To Know Act

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H.R. 3922: World Deserves To Know Act

117th Congress · introduced 2021-06-15 · International Affairs · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2021-06-15 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

World Deserves To Know Act

Plain summary

World Deserves To Know Act This bill requires sanctions on certain members of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and officials of Chinese health agencies. It also addresses related issues. The President must impose visa- and property-blocking sanctions on any foreign person who is a CCP official and who is knowingly responsible for or complicit in (1) the disappearances of whistleblowers and citizen journalists in China relating to COVID-19, or (2) limiting free speech and academic freedom in China relating to COVID-19. The President must also impose such sanctions on specified individuals who have leadership positions in China's Center for Disease Control and Prevention and China's National Health Commission (NHC). The authority to impose such sanctions shall end when the President certifies to Congress that an independent and unimpeded investigation into the potential origin of COVID-19 from the Wuhan Institute of Virology has taken place. The bill also bars federal funds and certain federal student assistance from going to institutions of higher education that enter into a contract with any element or China-based affiliate of the NHC. Federal funding to the National Academy of Sciences may not be used to enter into a contract with any element or China-based affiliate of the NHC. The Government Accountability Office must report to Congress a review of all funds that the National Institutes of Health have made available to the NHC since FY2010. This report must also be publicly available.

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Official text

World Deserves To Know Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1] · 27 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY), Brian Babin (R-TX), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Ben Cline (R-VA), Claudia Tenney (R-NY), Kat Cammack (R-FL), Ronny Jackson (R-TX), Warren Davidson (R-OH), Austin Scott (R-GA), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Joe Wilson (R-SC), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ), Michael R. Turner (R-OH), Bruce Westerman (R-AR), Mike Rogers (R-AL), Ashley Hinson (R-IA), Scott Franklin (R-FL), Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Dusty Johnson (R-SD), Pat Fallon (R-TX), John R. Moolenaar (R-MI), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1] reported raising $5.4 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong117-hr3922 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117