[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1285 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1285

 Requesting the President to transmit certain information to the House 
   of Representatives relating to a waiver of intellectual property 
   commitments under the World Trade Organization Agreement on Trade-
            Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 26, 2022

    Mr. Smith of Nebraska (for himself and Mr. Brady) submitted the 
 following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and 
                                 Means

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Requesting the President to transmit certain information to the House 
   of Representatives relating to a waiver of intellectual property 
   commitments under the World Trade Organization Agreement on Trade-
            Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights.

    Resolved, That the President is requested to transmit to the House 
of Representatives, not later than 14 days after the date of the 
adoption of this resolution, copies of all documents, memoranda, 
advisory legal opinions, notes from meetings, audio recordings, records 
(including telephone and electronic mail records), correspondence, or 
other communications, or any portion of any such communications, to the 
extent that any such one or more items are within the possession of the 
President, that demonstrate--
            (1) the waiver of intellectual property commitments under 
        the World Trade Organization Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects 
        of Intellectual Property Rights (in this resolution referred to 
        as ``TRIPS waiver'') that was agreed to on June 17, 2022, will 
        increase global supply and delivery of COVID-19 vaccines;
            (2) the extent to which COVID-19 vaccines have been 
        destroyed due to their expiration and the period during which 
        this occurred;
            (3) the proposed expansion of the TRIPS waiver to cover 
        intellectual property related to diagnostics and therapeutics 
        (in this resolution referred to as the ``proposed TRIPS waiver 
        expansion'') will increase global supply and delivery of COVID-
        19 diagnostics or therapeutics;
            (4) the TRIPS waiver or the proposed TRIPS waiver expansion 
        will accelerate the end of the COVID-19 pandemic; and
            (5) the People's Republic of China will not obtain access 
        to patents or other intellectual property related to COVID-19 
        vaccines, diagnostics, or therapeutics, even if China is 
        expressly excluded from the TRIPS waiver or the proposed TRIPS 
        waiver expansion.
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