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This bill, the Never Again International Outbreak Prevention Act, aims to provide accountability with respect to the international reporting and monitoring of outbreaks of novel viruses and diseases. The key provisions of the bill are: 1. It requires the Secretary of State to establish three tiers of foreign countries based on their compliance with international "sentinel surveillance" systems to identify and report novel virus and disease outbreaks within 3 days. The President must take specified actions, such as imposing sanctions or limiting assistance, against countries on the Tier 2 list that do not meet the reporting requirements. 2. It creates a new exception to sovereign immunity, allowing U.S. courts to have jurisdiction over foreign states that fail to abide by the international reporting requirements or intentionally mislead the international community about a health emergency that leads to a pandemic. 3. It authorizes the President to impose sanctions, such as visa restrictions and asset freezes, on foreign government officials responsible for deliberately concealing or distorting information about a public health emergency of international concern. 4. It directs the President to work with other G-20 countries to investigate the international response to COVID-19 and conduct an audit of the World Health Organization's actions during the pandemic. 5. It seeks a United Nations resolution to ban "wet markets" globally, which are markets where live and dead animals are sold for human consumption without proper health certifications or sanitary conditions.

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