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There are a few timeline items that pertain to this. Here's the first.

May 22, 1990: Biological Weapons Anti-Terrorism Act of 1989 (BWATA) was passed into law by the 101st United States Congress. The Biological Weapons Anti-Terrorism Act of 1989 extended the scope of bio-warfare materials regulation to include private individuals and non-state organizations.

From the bill:

SEC. 2. PURPOSE AND INTENT.

(a) PURPOSE- The purpose of this Act is to–

(1) implement the Biological Weapons Convention, an international agreement unanimously ratified by the United States Senate in 1974 and signed by more than 100 other nations, including the Soviet Union; and

(2) protect the United States against the threat of biological terrorism.

(b) INTENT OF ACT- Nothing in this Act is intended to restrain or restrict peaceful scientific research or development.

One of the initial results of the law was the difficulty it presented in obtaining successful criminal prosecutions. Intent to use biological agents as a weapon had to be proven by prosecutors, thus making a defense that the agents were for “peaceful purposes” plausible. In other words, all they have to do is fain “peaceful purposes,” and organizations can do whatever they want with their research. Sec. 2(2)(b) was their loophole.

https://uslaw.link/citation/us-law/public/101/298

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biological_Weapons_Anti-Terrorism_Act_of_1989

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October, 2014: Congress placed a moratorium on chimeric virus research in 2014. They were assessing “gain-of-function” studies. Some call this “chimeric research” because it involves the mixing of DNA from various species. “Gain-of-function” studies have a direct relationship to military purpose, since it is “gain-of-function” that can turn an organism into a weapon.

Congress was correct to be concerned. As we have seen, this particular type of biological attack cannot be controlled. Everyone on the planet has been affected in some way. Further, where there is military intent to the research, there is clearly a violation of BWATA.

https://www.nih.gov/about-nih/who-we-are/nih-director/statements/statement-funding-pause-certain-types-gain-function-research October 16, 2014 “Statement on Funding Pause on Certain Types of Gain-of-Function Research” Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., Director, National Institutes of Health

https://www.phe.gov/s3/dualuse/Documents/gain-of-function.pdf “U.S. Government Gain-of-Function Deliberative Process and Research Funding Pause on Selected Gain-of-Function Research Involving Influenza, MERS, and SARS Viruses” October 17, 2014

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2014/11/moratorium-risky-virology-studies-leaves-work-14-institutions-limbo “Moratorium on risky virology studies leaves work at 14 institutions in limbo” By Jocelyn Kaiser, Nov. 17, 2014 , 3:30 PM

https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2014/10/17/doing-diligence-assess-risks-and-benefits-life-sciences-gain-function-research “Doing Diligence to Assess the Risks and Benefits of Life Sciences Gain-of-Function Research” OCTOBER 17, 2014 AT 3:30 PM ET

The above NIH document references a White House statement that is supposed to be here:

https://www.whitehouse.gov/iOW3H

This document could not be found in the archive, either.

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Since so far our first knowledge of funding of research began in 2015, shortly after Congress placed the moratorium on “gain-of-function” studies, it would seem that certain factions within the government sought to skirt the moratorium. Any investigation into this funding needs to also include a search for evidence of intent to skirt the law and identify those with this intent. With this evidence, prosecutions could be made under BWATA as well as for damages created.

Due to the seriousness of the consequences of breaking these laws, as we have experienced, it becomes important to our standing in the international community to make clear that these were the actions of factions within our government and NOT of our government and its people as a whole. Further, it needs to become clear that we intend to punish the perpetrators, and then we need to follow through.

Likewise, we need to give other parties in this event the same consideration. This will give the other parties the opportunity to save face and to deal with justice for their perpetrators in an appropriate manner. It is possible that the Wuhan lab may never have existed had it not been for the 2014 moratorium on “gain-of-function” studies. Any action taken needs to be cognizant of this. A focus on factions and corporate interests can help remove the onus from nations and put it where it seems to more rightly belong. In this way, we can approach this crisis in a spirit of cooperation between the nations, and thus avoid escalated consequences that we may not want.

https://dailycaller.com/2020/04/14/matt-gaetz-us-taxpayers-funding-chinese-research-wuhan/ “Rep. Matt Gaetz: US Taxpayers Funding Chinese Research Center In Wuhan” DAVID KRAYDEN, OTTAWA BUREAU CHIEF, April 14, 2020 10:46 PM ET

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8211291/U-S-government-gave-3-7million-grant-Wuhan-lab-experimented-coronavirus-source-bats.html “REVEALED: U.S. government gave $3.7million grant to Wuhan lab at center of coronavirus leak scrutiny that was performing experiments on bats from the caves where the disease is believed to have originated” By FRANCES MULRANEY and GLENN OWEN FOR THE MAIL ON SUNDAY, PUBLISHED: 20:49 EDT, 11 April 2020 | UPDATED: 00:21 EDT, 12 April 2020

https://victorygirlsblog.com/matt-gaetz-to-nih-end-funding-of-wuhan-lab/ “Matt Gaetz to NIH: End Funding of Wuhan Lab” April 15, 2020