HCONRES 60
117th Congress
House
International Affairs
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Europe
Free trade and trade barriers
Health care coverage and access
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Immunology and vaccination
Industrial facilities
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Intellectual property
International organizations and cooperation
Manufacturing
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Public contracts and procurement
South Africa
Technology transfer and commercialization
Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States Government must take steps to end the pandemic now.
Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
Nov 1, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
Nov 9, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Nov 9, 2021
Introduced in House
Nov 9, 2021
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, the Judiciary, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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Plain-English summary
This concurrent resolution expresses the sense of Congress for ensuring the speediest end of the COVID-19 pandemic
- the United States and European governments should unite to enact a World Trade Organization Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights waiver, require technology transfer, and otherwise facilitate access in low- and middle-income countries to high-quality COVID-19 mRNA vaccines; and
- vital U.S. partners, with shared values who also prioritize global cooperation and saving lives and livelihoods worldwide, should unite to remove all obstacles to global access to COVID-19 vaccines, diagnostics, treatments, oxygen, and other medical products to advance the common goal of quickly ending the COVID-19 pandemic.
The resolution states that the U.S. government has an obligation to the American people, whose taxpayer funds helped to develop lifesaving COVID-19 vaccines, to ensure that doses are ultimately delivered to those most in need around the world so as to ensure the global COVID-19 vaccination necessary to end the pandemic.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
Bill text
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Cosponsors
38
Levin, Andy
Lowenthal, Alan
D
Morelle, Joseph D.
DEFAZIO, PETER
D
Raskin, Jamie
D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
Jones, Mondaire
MALONEY, CAROLYN
D
Suozzi, Thomas R.
Bass, Karen
D
Cohen, Steve
D
DeSaulnier, Mark
Higgins, Brian
D
Kaptur, Marcy
D
Meng, Grace
Napolitano, Grace
D
Pingree, Chellie
D
Torres, Ritchie
D
Jayapal, Pramila
D
McGovern, James P.
D
Omar, Ilhan
D
Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria
D
Carbajal, Salud O.
D
Escobar, Veronica
D
Davis, Danny K.
D
Garcia, Sylvia R.
D
Tonko, Paul
D
Waters, Maxine
D
Castro, Joaquin
D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
D
Doggett, Lloyd
D
Espaillat, Adriano
D
García, Jesús G. "Chuy"
D
Jacobs, Sara
D
Khanna, Ro
D
Krishnamoorthi, Raja
D
Pocan, Mark
D
Pressley, Ayanna
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 60: Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States Government must take steps to end the pandemic now.. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HCONRES-60/
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