House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Defund the Wuhan Institute of Virology Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 14, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 14, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1025.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PERRY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 30, February 14, 2023, Page H841):Article I, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: HealthSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 14, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 70 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1025, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1025
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
16 cosponsors — 16 Republicans
0 of 16 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Andy Barr (R-KY), Josh Brecheen (R-OK), Eric Burlison (R-MO), Ben Cline (R-VA), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Bob Good (R-VA), Ronny Jackson (R-TX), Doug Lamborn (R-CO), Mary Miller (R-IL), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Andrew Ogles (R-TN), Bill Posey (R-FL), Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA), Maria Salazar (R-FL), Thomas Tiffany (R-WI), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Scott Perry.
- H.R. 4132 (118th) Falun Gong Protection Act
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- H.R. 6277 (118th) FASTA Reform Act of 2023
- H.R. 6276 (118th) USE IT Act of 2023
- H.R. 1162 (118th) Accountability for Government Censorship Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 14, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.