3.0.0 4473 2023-01-11T13:45:18Z 2023-01-11T13:45:18Z Senate S 2020-08-06 116 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-08-06T18:12:00Z Critical Medical Infrastructure Right-to-Repair Act of 2020 116 7956 HR 2020-08-07 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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. Related bill CRS 2020-08-06 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2020-08-06 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR N V000128 Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] Chris Van Hollen D MD 2020-09-08 False Commerce Cardiovascular and respiratory health Congressional oversight Contracts and agency Emergency medical services and trauma care Government studies and investigations Health facilities and institutions Health personnel Health technology, devices, supplies Infectious and parasitic diseases Intellectual property Manufacturing Trade secrets and economic espionage Commerce 00 2020-08-06 Introduced in Senate 2020-10-28T21:01:28Z Critical Medical Infrastructure Right-to-Repair Act of 2020

This bill removes certain intellectual property-related restrictions on repairing or maintaining critical medical infrastructure (i.e., a device or product used to provide medical services).

During the declared COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) emergency, it shall not be copyright infringement for an owner or licensee of service materials (such as manuals or computer diagnostic software) to copy such materials if (1) the copying is incidental to the repair or maintenance of critical medical infrastructure, and (2) such repair or maintenance is in response to the emergency.

Similarly, during the emergency, the prohibition against circumventing technology to control access to a work (or trafficking in circumvention tools) shall not apply to an owner or licensee of critical medical infrastructure if the circumvention is done to repair or maintain critical medical infrastructure in response to the emergency.

During the emergency, it shall also not be design patent infringement if the owner or licensee of critical medical infrastructure fabricates a patented part on a noncommercial basis in order to repair or maintain the infrastructure in response to the emergency.

The bill also nullifies any contract provision that restricts the ability of the owner or licensee of critical medical infrastructure to repair or maintain such infrastructure in response to the emergency.

The manufacturer of critical medical infrastructure shall (1) offer for sale on reasonable terms any tool or information for servicing or repairing such infrastructure, and (2) provide information for making such tools to aftermarket tool manufacturers. The Federal Trade Commission shall have the authority to enforce these requirements.

]]> Critical Medical Infrastructure Right-to-Repair Act of 2020 Display Title Critical Medical Infrastructure Right-to-Repair Act of 2020 Short Title(s) as Introduced Critical Medical Infrastructure Right-to-Repair Act of 2020 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 17, United States Code, to address circumvention of copyright protection systems with respect to the maintenance or repair of critical medical infrastructure, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-08-06T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s4473is/xml/BILLS-116s4473is.xml 2020-08-06 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. 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.