Chinese and Russian entities have been granted at least $1.3 billion for research projects in the United States over the last five years, according to an analysis by Joni Ernst, the Republican senator from Iowa, and watchdog group Open the Books.

The investigation discovered millions of dollars in taxpayers' money given to organizations including a Chinese developer of military technology, a Russian health insurance provider that has since been sanctioned, and Chinese agriculture firms.

The US government also provided $2 million, which is more than previously known, to the Wuhan Institute of Virology, a Chinese state-run lab studying bat coronaviruses. Alongside the analysis, Ernst introduced the TRACKS Act, which requires all federal funding for Chinese and Russian organizations to be disclosed and monitored; Republican Representative Mike Gallagher also introduced a similar bill.

Chinese and Russian entities have been granted at least $1.3 billion for research projects in the United States over the last five years, according to an analysis by Joni Ernst, the Republican senator from Iowa, and watchdog group Open the Books.
The investigation discovered millions of dollars in taxpayers' money given to organizations including a Chinese developer of military technology, a Russian health insurance provider that has since been sanctioned, and Chinese agriculture firms.
The US government also provided $2 million, which is more than previously known, to the Wuhan Institute of Virology, a Chinese state-run lab studying bat coronaviruses. Alongside the analysis, Ernst introduced the TRACKS Act, which requires all federal funding for Chinese and Russian organizations to be disclosed and monitored; Republican Representative Mike Gallagher also introduced a similar bill.

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