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S 1683 117th Congress Senate

Preventing Foreign Attempts To Erode Healthcare Innovation Act

Official title: A bill to prohibit the use of funds to support a measure at the World Trade Organization waiving intellectual property rights, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 18, 2021 Introduced by: Scott, Tim Republican · South Carolina 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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 Latest action May 18, 2021

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 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 waiver proposed by India and South Africa to suspend certain provisions of the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights to facilitate the prevention, containment, and treatment of COVID-19.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 3035 Related bill Preventing Foreign Attempts to Erode Healthcare Innovation Act
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Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · May 18, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1683: Preventing Foreign Attempts To Erode Healthcare Innovation Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-1683/
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"S. 1683: Preventing Foreign Attempts To Erode Healthcare Innovation Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-1683/.
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S. 1683, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-1683/.
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