3.0.0
3858
2025-12-05T08:56:07Z
2025-12-05T08:56:07Z
House
H
HR
2023-06-06
118
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/3858
[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 82 (Tuesday, May 16, 2023)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. ARRINGTON:H.R. 3858.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18The single subject of this legislation is:Government oversight[Page H2377]
- hswm00
Ways and Means Committee
House
Standing
  - hswm04
Trade Subcommittee
    - Referred to
2024-12-17T17:29:49Z
  - Referred To
2023-06-06T14:00:35Z

- No Free TRIPS Act
118
1834
S
2023-06-06
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
  - Identical bill
CRS
- 2024-12-17
  - hswm04
Trade Subcommittee
1
House committee actions
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Committee
- 2023-06-06
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
IntroReferral
H11100
2
House floor actions
  - hswm00
Ways and Means Committee
- 2023-06-06
Introduced in House
IntroReferral
Intro-H
9
Library of Congress
- 2023-06-06
Introduced in House
IntroReferral
1000
9
Library of Congress
- I000056
Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-48]
DARRELL
ISSA
R
CA
E.
48
N
- M001177
Rep. McClintock, Tom [R-CA-5]
Tom
McClintock
R
CA
5
2023-06-06
True
- T000165
Rep. Tiffany, Thomas P. [R-WI-7]
Thomas
Tiffany
R
WI
P.
7
2023-06-06
True
- C001118
Rep. Cline, Ben [R-VA-6]
Ben
Cline
R
VA
6
2023-06-06
True
- F000471
Rep. Fitzgerald, Scott [R-WI-5]
Scott
Fitzgerald
R
WI
5
2023-06-06
True
- K000401
Rep. Kiley, Kevin [R-CA-3]
Kevin
Kiley
R
CA
3
2023-06-06
True
Commerce
Commerce
2023-06-29T16:15:25Z
00
2023-06-06
Introduced in House
2023-09-12T20:44:36Z
No Free TRIPS Act
This bill prohibits the U.S. government from negotiating or concluding any withdrawal from or modification to the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS Agreement) without explicit authorization from Congress.
The TRIPS Agreement is one of several international agreements that led to the creation of the World Trade Organization (WTO). In October 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, several WTO members proposed a waiver of some TRIPS obligations, including obligations related to national patent laws.

No Free TRIPS Act
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No Free TRIPS Act
2024-07-24T15:21:47Z
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
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No Free TRIPS Act
2024-05-24T13:39:10Z
Introduced in House
IH
- Official Title as Introduced
6

To prohibit the President from negotiating or concluding any withdrawal, suspension, waiver, or modification to the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights without explicit authorization from Congress.
2024-03-18T20:57:14Z
Introduced in House
IH
- Introduced in House
2023-06-06T04:00:00Z
  - https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-118hr3858ih/xml/BILLS-118hr3858ih.xml
2024-12-17
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
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