S. 1683 · 117th Congress

Preventing Foreign Attempts To Erode Healthcare Innovation Act

Stage
In committee
Sponsor
Tim Scott
Introduced
2021-05-18
Latest action
2021-05-18 · Introduced in Senate

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.