{"format":1,"id":"118-s-619","congress":118,"number":"S. 619","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"COVID-19 Origin Act of 2023","title_source":"Short Titles as Enacted","official_title":"A bill to require the Director of National Intelligence to declassify information relating to the origin of COVID-19, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"A bill to require the Director of National Intelligence to declassify information relating to the origin of COVID-19, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Short Titles from ENR (Enrolled) bill text","title":"COVID–19 Origin Act of 2023"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed Senate","title":"COVID–19 Origin Act of 2023"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"COVID-19 Origin Act of 2023"},{"type":"Short Titles as Enacted","title":"COVID-19 Origin Act of 2023"},{"type":"Short Titles as Passed House","title":"COVID-19 Origin Act of 2023"}],"outcome":"became_law","law_number":"Public Law 118-2","introduced":"2023-03-01","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2023-03-10","vote":{"id":"118-2023-h143","question":"On Passage","title":"COVID-19 Origin Act","result":"Passed","yea":419,"nay":0,"present":0,"not_voting":16,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2023/roll143.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"voice","date":"2023-03-01","vote":null,"how":"unanimous_consent","words":"Passed/agreed to in Senate: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S612; text: CR S612)"}},"president":{"status":"signed","date":"2023-03-20"},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Became Public Law No: 118-2.","date":"2023-03-20"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2023-03-20","stage":"Public Law","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"COVID-19 Origin Act of 2023"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill requires the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) to declassify all information relating to potential links between the Wuhan Institute of Virology and the origin of COVID-19. The ODNI must submit to Congress an unclassified report with all such information with redactions only as necessary to protect sources and methods."}],"words":59},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Requires the Director of National Intelligence to declassify information relating to potential links between the Wuhan Institute of Virology and the origin of COVID-19 and to submit an unclassified report on it to Congress.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/619/text/enr#ida427af95dd1842628b0dd1467f66dc86:~:text=3.%20Declassification%20of%20information%20related%20to%20the"}]},"core_areas":["Declassification of intelligence information on the origin of COVID-19","Unclassified report to Congress on the Wuhan Institute of Virology"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Requires the Director of National Intelligence, within 90 days after the date of enactment, to declassify any and all information relating to potential links between the Wuhan Institute of Virology and the origin of COVID-19.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/619/text/enr#ida427af95dd1842628b0dd1467f66dc86:~:text=3.%20Declassification%20of%20information%20related%20to%20the"}},{"text":"Lists activities performed by the Wuhan Institute of Virology with or on behalf of the People's Liberation Army among the information to be declassified.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/619/text/enr#ida427af95dd1842628b0dd1467f66dc86:~:text=3.%20Declassification%20of%20information%20related%20to%20the"}},{"text":"Lists coronavirus research or other related activities performed at the Wuhan Institute of Virology before the outbreak of COVID-19 among the information to be declassified.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/619/text/enr#ida427af95dd1842628b0dd1467f66dc86:~:text=3.%20Declassification%20of%20information%20related%20to%20the"}},{"text":"Lists information on Wuhan Institute of Virology researchers who fell ill in autumn 2019 among the information to be declassified, including each researcher's name, symptoms, date of symptom onset, role, and any hospital visit.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/619/text/enr#ida427af95dd1842628b0dd1467f66dc86:~:text=3.%20Declassification%20of%20information%20related%20to%20the"}},{"text":"Requires the Director to submit to Congress an unclassified report containing all of the information described, with only the redactions the Director determines necessary to protect sources and methods.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/619/text/enr#ida427af95dd1842628b0dd1467f66dc86:~:text=3.%20Declassification%20of%20information%20related%20to%20the"}},{"text":"States the sense of Congress that the Director of National Intelligence should declassify and make public as much information as possible about the origin of COVID-19.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/619/text/enr#id470ed0932fde48838546e7df91f95530:~:text=2.%20Sense%20of%20congress"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Enrolled Bill","date":null,"rule":"enrolled","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/619/text/enr"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-02","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/619","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/619/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/118-s-619.png","v":"4e09ba231469","alt":"Votes on Record. S. 619, 118th Congress: COVID-19 Origin Act of 2023. House: 419 Yea, 0 Nay. Senate: unanimous consent. Outcome: Became law, 20 Mar 2023."}}