No WHO Pandemic Preparedness Treaty Without Senate Approval Act

How it moves voter issues

• +1Elections & government accountability

  Requires Senate approval before the U.S. joins any WHO pandemic agreement.

  Low confidence

  AI score: +1 from claude-opus-5-5. Compare the models

What it does

No WHO Pandemic Preparedness Treaty Without Senate Approval Act This bill establishes that any convention or agreement on pandemic-related issues reached by the World Health Assembly (WHA) pursuant to a specified negotiating body shall be deemed to be a treaty requiring the advice and consent of the Senate. Specifically, this bill applies to any international instrument negotiated by the intergovernmental negotiating body established by the WHA in December 2021 to strengthen pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response.

Summary by the Congressional Research Service, reported to house version.

Every recorded vote on it

1. Sep 11, 2024House On Agreeing to the Amendment403 yea 0 nayProcedural, not counted
2. Sep 11, 2024House On Motion to RecommitNo WHO Pandemic Preparedness Treaty Without Senate Approval Act202 yea 215 nayProcedural, not counted
3. Sep 11, 2024House On PassageNo WHO Pandemic Preparedness Treaty Without Senate Approval Act219 yea 199 nayCounts toward rankings