1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Dr. Li Wenliang Congressional Gold Medal Act . 2. Findings The Congress finds the following: (1) Dr. Li Wenliang was a 34-year-old ophthalmologist in Wuhan, China, who died from COVID–19 after he bravely sought to draw attention to the spread of the virus despite the Government of the People’s Republic of China and the Chinese Communist Party’s effort to suppress him. (2) In December 2019, Dr. Li Wenliang courageously notified his medical colleagues in China about the outbreak of a novel coronavirus known as COVID–19. (3) On January 3, 2020, after raising concerns about the spread of COVID–19, Dr. Li Wenliang was detained and questioned by Chinese officials for spreading false rumors and forced to sign a statement retracting his warnings about COVID–19. (4) Dr. Li Wenliang continued to work at Wuhan Central Hospital despite his knowledge of the outbreak. (5) Tragically Dr. Li Wenliang died in February 2020 in the hospital where he worked after contracting COVID–19. (6) Before his death, Dr. Li Wenliang stated, If the officials had disclosed information about the epidemic earlier, I think it would have been a lot better. There should be more openness and transparency. . (7) The people of China expressed their grief and anger on social media after the death of Dr. Li Wenliang with the phrase I want freedom of speech , which was quickly censored by the Government of the People’s Republic of China and the Chinese Communist Party. (8) The People’s Republic of China and the Chinese Communist Party inflicted incalculable damage on their people and the world by trying to extinguish the news of the COVID–19 rather than mobilize global efforts to battle it. (9) Awarding Dr. Li Wenliang the Congressional Gold Medal would recognize his bold actions to draw attention to the spread of COVID–19 and call global attention to the People’s Republic of China and the Chinese Communist Party’s lack of transparency and censorship of speech. 3. Congressional gold medal (a) Presentation