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HR 3035 117th Congress House

Preventing Foreign Attempts to Erode Healthcare Innovation Act

Official title: To prohibit the authorization of appropriations to the United States Trade Representative for supporting a measure at the World Trade Organization waiving cert… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To prohibit the authorization of appropriations to the United States Trade Representative for supporting a measure at the World Trade Organization waiving certain intellectual property rights, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 12, 2021 Introduced by: Donalds, Byron Republican · Florida See on congress.gov
Commerce AfricaAsiaCardiovascular and respiratory healthChina
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Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficitsEmergency medical services and trauma careFree trade and trade barriersIndiaInfectious and parasitic diseasesIntellectual propertyProperty rightsSouth AfricaTechnology transfer and commercializationTrade agreements and negotiationsU.S. and foreign investments
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.)

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 Cosponsors 20
All 20 Republican 17
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Cline, Ben
Virginia · May 25, 2021
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Gooden, Lance
Texas · May 25, 2021
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Babin, Brian
Texas · May 12, 2021
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Fitzgerald, Scott
Wisconsin · May 12, 2021
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Jackson, Ronny
Texas · May 12, 2021
Zeldin, Lee
· May 12, 2021
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Roy, Chip
Texas · May 11, 2021
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Banks, Jim
Indiana · May 7, 2021
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Budd, Ted
North Carolina · May 7, 2021
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DesJarlais, Scott
Tennessee · May 7, 2021
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Fallon, Pat
Texas · May 7, 2021
 R
Franklin, Scott
Florida · May 7, 2021
Hagedorn, Jim
· May 7, 2021
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Harris, Andy
Maryland · May 7, 2021
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Hinson, Ashley
Iowa · May 7, 2021
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Hudson, Richard
North Carolina · May 7, 2021
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Salazar, Maria Elvira
Florida · May 7, 2021
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Steube, W. Gregory
Florida · May 7, 2021
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Tiffany, Thomas P.
Wisconsin · May 7, 2021
Walorski, Jackie
· May 7, 2021
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3035: Preventing Foreign Attempts to Erode Healthcare Innovation Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-3035/
MLA
"H.R. 3035: Preventing Foreign Attempts to Erode Healthcare Innovation Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-3035/.
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H.R. 3035, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-3035/.
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[H.R. 3035: Preventing Foreign Attempts to Erode Healthcare Innovation Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-3035/)
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