This bill requires U.S. intelligence agencies to review and declassify information about the origins of COVID-19 within 180 days of the law's enactment. Specifically, intelligence officials must examine classified documents related to research at China's Wuhan Institute of Virology, gain-of-function coronavirus research, funding sources for that research, and alleged Chinese government efforts to obstruct investigations and withhold information about the virus from the U.S., its allies, the United Nations, and the World Health Organization. The bill also directs agencies to review intelligence about Chinese government pressure campaigns on foreign officials and researchers regarding COVID-19's origins. After redacting sensitive information that could compromise intelligence sources and methods, the agencies must release the declassified materials to the public and provide an unredacted version to congressional intelligence committees. No specific funding is allocated in the bill text provided.
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