S. 1683 · 117th Congress · Senate

Preventing Foreign Attempts To Erode Healthcare Innovation Act

Active· Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Introduced
May 18, 21
Passed Senate
Pending
Passed House
Pending
Sent to President
Pending
Signed into Law
Pending

Executive 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 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.

Action Timeline

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  1. MAY 18, 2021IntroReferral

    Introduced in Senate

  2. MAY 18, 2021IntroReferral

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Committees

1

Finance Committee

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Referred: May 18, 2021

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