Sec. 6803. Declassification of intelligence and additional transparency measures relating to the COVID–19 pandemic

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Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence shall, jointly with the head of each element of the intelligence community— perform a declassification review of intelligence relating to the origins of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID–19), including— research conducted at the Wuhan Institute of Virology or any other medical or scientific research center within the People’s Republic of China; information relating to Gain of Function research and the intention of this research; information relating to sources of funding or direction for research on coronaviruses, including both sources within the People’s Republic of China and foreign sources; and the possibility of zoonotic origins of COVID–19; perform a declassification review of intelligence relating to efforts by government officials of entities of the People’s Republic of China— to disrupt or obstruct information sharing or investigations into the origins of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID–19) pandemic; to disrupt the sharing of medically significant information relating to the transmissibility and potential harm of SARS–CoV–2 to humans, including— efforts to limit the sharing of information with the United States Government; efforts to limit the sharing of information with the governments of allies and partners of the United States; and efforts to limit the sharing of information with the United Nations and World Health Organization; to obstruct or otherwise limit the sharing of information between national, provincial, and city governments within the People’s Republic of China and between subnational entities within the People’s Republic of China and external researchers; to deny the sharing of information with the United States, allies and partners of the United States, or multilateral organizations, including the United Nations and the World Health Organization; to pressure or lobby foreign governments, journalists, medical researchers, officials of the United States Government, or officials of multilateral organizations (including the United Nations and the World Health Organization) with respect to the source, scientific origins, transmissibility, or other attributes of the SARS–CoV–2 virus or the COVID–19 pandemic; to disrupt government or private-sector efforts to conduct research and development of medical interventions or countermeasures for the COVID–19 pandemic, including vaccines; and to promote alternative narratives regarding the origins of COVID–19 as well as the domestic Chinese and international response to the COVID–19 pandemic; release publicly the intelligence products described in paragraphs

(1)and

(2)including such redactions as the Director, with the concurrence of the head of the originating intelligence community element, determines necessary to protect sources and methods and information concerning United States persons; and submit to the congressional intelligence committees an unredacted version of the declassified intelligence products described in paragraph (3).