3.0.0 4392 2023-01-13T04:49:39Z 2023-01-13T04:49:39Z House H HR 2005-11-18 109 hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2005-11-18T14:06:25Z 2005-11-18 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2005-11-18 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2424-2425) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2005-11-18 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2005-11-18 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress A000357 Rep. Allen, Thomas H. [D-ME-1] THOMAS ALLEN D ME H. 1 N S000033 Rep. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT-At Large] Bernard Sanders I VT 0 2005-12-08 False B000944 Rep. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH-13] Sherrod Brown D OH 13 2005-12-08 False G000551 Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] Raúl Grijalva D AZ M. 7 2005-12-08 False C000714 Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14] JOHN CONYERS D MI 14 2005-12-13 False S000810 Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13] PETE STARK D CA 13 2005-12-13 False E000287 Rep. Emanuel, Rahm [D-IL-5] Rahm Emanuel D IL 5 2005-12-16 False K000336 Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10] DENNIS KUCINICH D OH J. 10 2005-12-16 False E000250 Rep. Evans, Lane [D-IL-17] LANE EVANS D IL 17 2006-01-31 False C001055 Rep. Case, Ed [D-HI-2] Ed Case D HI 2 2006-04-06 False D000191 Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] PETER DEFAZIO D OR A. 4 2006-04-06 False N000002 Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-8] JERROLD NADLER D NY 8 2006-05-03 False Foreign Trade and International Finance Commerce Drug industry Drugs Health Import restrictions Imports Intellectual property International Affairs International agencies Law Licenses Patents Public health Trade agreements Foreign Trade and International Finance 00 2005-11-18 Introduced in House 2006-01-24T16:49:13Z Requires the U.S. Trade Representative to inform the General Council of the World Trade Organization (WTO) that the United States: (1) declares itself an eligible importing member for the purpose of being able to import pharmaceutical products pursuant to the Decision of the General Council of August 30, 2003, on "Implementation of paragraph six of the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and public health;" and (2) withdraws its name from the list contained in the "General Council Chairperson's Statement" accompanying such Decision, of countries that voluntarily relinquished the right to import pharmaceutical products manufactured under compulsory licenses.

Authorizes the President to import pharmaceutical products manufactured under a compulsory license to meet public health needs or to address situations of inadequate supply caused by insufficient domestic manufacturing capacity, in accordance with the Decision. Subjects such imported pharmaceutical products to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.

]]> To provide for the importation of pharmaceutical products under a compulsory license as provided for under the World Trade Organization. Display Title To provide for the importation of pharmaceutical products under a compulsory license as provided for under the World Trade Organization. Official Title as Introduced To provide for the importation of pharmaceutical products under a compulsory license as provided for under the World Trade Organization. Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2005-11-18T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109hr4392ih/xml/BILLS-109hr4392ih.xml 2005-11-18 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. 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.