3.0.0 2470 2023-01-15T16:18:30Z 2023-01-15T16:18:30Z House H HR 2003-06-12 108 hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing hswm04 Trade Subcommittee Referred to 2003-06-19T18:59:28Z Referred to 2003-06-12T14:04:20Z hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee House Standing Referred to 2003-06-12T14:04:15Z 2003-06-19 hswm04 Trade Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. Committee 2003-06-12 Referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2003-06-12 Referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2003-06-12 Referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee 2003-06-12 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2003-06-12 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress W000187 Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-35] MAXINE WATERS D CA 35 N K000336 Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10] DENNIS KUCINICH D OH J. 10 2003-06-12 True L000551 Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-9] BARBARA LEE D CA 9 2003-06-12 True S000810 Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13] PETE STARK D CA 13 2003-06-12 True C001038 Rep. Crowley, Joseph [D-NY-7] JOSEPH CROWLEY D NY 7 2003-06-26 False P000149 Rep. Payne, Donald M. [D-NJ-10] DONALD PAYNE D NJ M. 10 2003-06-26 False M000590 Rep. McNulty, Michael R. [D-NY-21] MICHAEL MCNULTY D NY R. 21 2003-06-26 False C000714 Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14] JOHN CONYERS D MI 14 2003-06-26 False C000380 Del. Christensen, Donna M. [D-VI-At Large] DONNA CHRISTENSEN D VI M. 0 2003-06-26 False E000250 Rep. Evans, Lane [D-IL-17] LANE EVANS D IL 17 2003-06-26 False O000159 Rep. Owens, Major R. [D-NY-11] MAJOR OWENS D NY R. 11 2003-07-10 False G000551 Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] Raúl Grijalva D AZ M. 7 2003-07-25 False G000535 Rep. Gutierrez, Luis V. [D-IL-4] LUIS GUTIERREZ D IL V. 4 2003-07-25 False S001145 Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] JANICE SCHAKOWSKY D IL D. 9 2003-07-25 False C000984 Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7] ELIJAH CUMMINGS D MD E. 7 2003-09-17 False A000210 Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1] ROBERT ANDREWS D NJ E. 1 2003-09-17 False M000725 Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7] GEORGE MILLER D CA 7 2003-11-25 False International Affairs AIDS (Disease) Access to health care Commerce Competition Developing countries Drug industry Drugs Foreign Trade and International Finance Free trade Health Human immunodeficiency viruses Intellectual property International organization Patent infringement Patents Prescription pricing Trade agreements Trade negotiations Vaccines International Affairs 00 2003-06-12 Introduced in House 2004-03-04T19:11:11Z Medicines to Eliminate Diseases in Developing States Act or MEDDS Act - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury, the Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) to encourage developing countries and pharmaceutical companies to make medicines for HIV/AIDS and other diseases available without charge or at affordable prices in developing countries.

Prohibits agencies from obligating or expending Federal funds to seek the revocation or revision of any intellectual property or competition law or policy of a developing country that regulates medicines for HIV/AIDS and other diseases, if the law or policy promotes access to such medicines for the population of the country. Prohibits the USTR from initiating a proceeding in the World Trade Organization (WTO) challenging any law or policy of a developing country that promotes such access.

Requires the President to direct the U.S. respresentative to the WTO to urge the WTO to exempt developing countries from the application of any provision of the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS Agreement) or other trade agreements that would prohibit or restrict those countries from establishing law or policy promoting access to medicines for HIV/AIDS and other diseases for their populations, and to support full implementation of the Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health. Requires the USTR to oppose the inclusion in future trade agreements of any provision that would prohibit or otherwise restrict developing countries from establishing or implementing the laws or policies encouraged by this Act.

]]> MEDDS Act Display Title MEDDS Act Official Title as Introduced To require certain actions with respect to the availability of medicines for HIV/AIDS and other diseases in developing countries. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced MEDDS Act Short Titles as Introduced Medicines to Eliminate Diseases in Developing States Act Introduced in House 2003-06-12T04:00:00Z 2003-06-19 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.