HR 3035
117th Congress
House
Commerce
Africa
Asia
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
China
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Free trade and trade barriers
India
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Intellectual property
Property rights
South Africa
Technology transfer and commercialization
Trade agreements and negotiations
U.S. and foreign investments
Preventing Foreign Attempts to Erode Healthcare Innovation Act
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 7, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
May 7, 2021
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Preventing Foreign Attempts to Erode Healthcare Innovation Act
This bill prohibits the use of federal funds to support, allow, or facilitate the negotiation or approval of any measure at the World Trade Organization to waive intellectual property rights, including the petition titled Waiver from Certain Provisions of the TRIPS Agreement for the Prevention, Containment, and Treatment of COVID-19. (The petition was submitted by India and South Africa to suspend all intellectual property rights associated with COVID-19 innovations, such as vaccines.)
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Committees of jurisdiction
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