S 1683 · 117th Congress · Commerce

Preventing Foreign Attempts To Erode Healthcare Innovation Act

Introduced 2021-05-18· Sponsored by Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC]· Senate

Bill Progress

Introduced
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Committee
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Senate Vote
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House
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Enacted
Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.(2021-05-18)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] 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.…

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Cosponsors (3)

3 Republicans