Sec. 735. PROHIBITION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR CERTAIN RESEARCH CONNECTED TO CHINA
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## SEC. 735 PROHIBITION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR CERTAIN RESEARCH CONNECTED TO CHINA ###
(a)Prohibition None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2022 for the Department of Defense may be obligated or expended to fund any work to be performed by EcoHealth Alliance, Inc. in China on research supported by the government of China. ###
(b)Waiver The Secretary of Defense may waive the prohibition under subsection
(a)if the Secretary— ####
(1)determines that the waiver is in the national security interests of the United States; and ####
(2)not later than 14 days after granting the waiver, submits to the congressional defense committees a detailed justification for the waiver, including— #####
(A)an identification of the Department of Defense entity obligating or expending the funds; #####
(B)an identification of the amount of such funds; #####
(C)an identification of the intended purpose of such funds; #####
(D)an identification of the recipient or prospective recipient of such funds (including any third-party entity recipient, as applicable); #####
(E)an explanation for how the waiver is in the national security interests of the United States; and #####
(F)any other information the Secretary determines appropriate.