S. 4063 · 117th Congress
No Free TRIPS Act
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BlackburnSponsor7 cosponsors · 7 R
7 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.
This bill prohibits the U.S. government from negotiating or concluding any withdrawal from or modification to the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS Agreement) without explicit authorization from Congress.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Apr 7, 2022
No Free TRIPS Act
This bill prohibits the U.S. government from negotiating or concluding any withdrawal from or modification to the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS Agreement) without explicit authorization from Congress.
The TRIPS Agreement is one of several international agreements that led to the creation of the World Trade Organization (WTO). In October 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, several WTO members proposed a waiver of some TRIPS obligations, including obligations related to national patent laws.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: No Free TRIPS Act
Latest action (Apr 7, 2022): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Policy area: Commerce · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Apr 7, 2022
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.