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Version 07 · Reported to House · Sep 28, 2022
This resolution requests that the President transmit certain information to the House of Representatives related to the June 17, 2022, waiver of intellectual property commitments under the World Trade Organization Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (known as the TRIPS waiver) and the proposed expansion of the TRIPS waiver.
In particular, the resolution requests information demonstrating that
the TRIPS waiver will increase global supply and delivery of COVID-19 vaccines and the extent to which these vaccines have been destroyed due to their expiration;
the proposed TRIPS waiver expansion will increase global supply and delivery of COVID-19 diagnostics or therapeutics;
the TRIPS waiver or the proposed TRIPS waiver expansion will accelerate the end of the COVID-19 pandemic; and
China will not obtain access to patents or other intellectual property related to COVID-19 vaccines, diagnostics, or therapeutics even if expressly excluded from the TRIPS waiver or the proposed TRIPS waiver expansion.
People & committees
Rep. Smith, Adrian [R-NE-3] · R–NE
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Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 127.
Reported adversely by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 117-520.
Reported adversely by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 117-520.
Ordered to be Reported Adversely by Voice Vote.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Subcommittee on Trade Discharged.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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