US Lawmakers Investigate Funds Diverted to China for Research on Pathogens of ‘Pandemic Potential’

Published on January 28, 2024

Republican lawmakers have launched an investigation into the issue of Defense Department taxpayer dollars sent to China for conducting risky biological research. The recently passed 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) included a provision authored by Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.) directing the Defense Department OIG to determine the amount of funds the Pentagon may have provided to institutions in China for research on any pathogens with “pandemic potential.” The lawmakers announced on Thursday they were “launching an investigation” to this effect. The provision requires the Defense Department Inspector General (IG)  to investigate the amount of such federal funds awarded by the Pentagon “through grants, contracts, subgrants, subcontracts, or any other type of agreement or collaboration” over a 10-year period, the lawmakers wrote in a Jan. 25 letter to IG Robert P. Storch....

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