S. 4343: No WHO Pandemic Preparedness Treaty Without Senate Approval Act

117th Congress · introduced 2022-05-26 · International Affairs · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

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Where it came from: introduced 2022-05-26 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

No WHO Pandemic Preparedness Treaty Without Senate Approval Act

Plain summary

No WHO Pandemic Preparedness Treaty Without Senate Approval Act 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.

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Official text

No WHO Pandemic Preparedness Treaty Without Senate Approval Act

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Sponsor: Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI] · 19 cosponsors

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John Barrasso (R-WY), Tom Cotton (R-AR), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Bill Hagerty (R-TN), John Hoeven (R-ND), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), Mike Lee (R-UT), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Rick Scott (R-FL), Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), Steve Daines (R-MT), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), James Lankford (R-OK), John Boozman (R-AR), Deb Fischer (R-NE)

Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI] reported raising $1.2 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-117s4343.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/117/s>

Record fed-us-cong117-s4343 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117