118th Congress · SENATE BILLBILL

S. 1834 — No Free TRIPS Act

“A bill to prohibit the President from negotiating or concluding any withdrawal, suspension, waiver, or modification to the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights without explicit authorization from Congress.”

Commerce

Introduced Jun 6, 2023

Last action Jun 6, 2023

Pipeline · Bill → Law

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Introduced

Jun 6, 2023

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Referred

Jun 6, 2023

Finance

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Committee

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Senate

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House floor

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Resolve Changes

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Signed

SummaryCRS Summary

This bill prohibits the U.S. government from negotiating or concluding any withdrawal from or modification to the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS Agreement) without explicit authorization from Congress. The TRIPS Agreement is one of several international agreements that led to the creation of the World Trade Organization (WTO). In October 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, several WTO members proposed a waiver of some TRIPS obligations, including obligations related to national patent laws.

Provisions · 2 sectionsIntroduced in Senate

Timeline · 2 actions

Jun 6, 2023

Introduced in Senate

Jun 6, 2023

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.