Bill > S4343

This bill would require any convention, agreement, or other international instrument on pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response reached by the World Health Assembly to be subject to Senate ratification. Specifically, the bill expresses the sense of the Senate that a significant segment of the American public is deeply skeptical of the World Health Organization (WHO) and its independence from certain member states, like China. Given the broad scope of the agreement the WHO's International Negotiating Body is tasked with drafting, the bill deems any resulting instrument to be a treaty that requires the advice and consent of the Senate, with two-thirds of Senators concurring, before it can be agreed to or implemented by the United States.