[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7741 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7741

To direct the President to oppose any waiver of obligations of members 
 of the World Trade Organization under the Agreement on Trade-Related 
  Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights unless a statute is enacted 
                  expressly authorizing such a waiver.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 20, 2024

    Mr. Burchett (for himself, Mr. Fleischmann, Mr. Guest, and Mr. 
 Rutherford) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
To direct the President to oppose any waiver of obligations of members 
 of the World Trade Organization under the Agreement on Trade-Related 
  Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights unless a statute is enacted 
                  expressly authorizing such a waiver.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Trade Related Intellectual Property 
Protection Act'' or the ``TRIPP Act''.

SEC. 2. OPPOSITION TO WAIVER OF OBLIGATIONS OF WTO MEMBERS UNDER THE 
              TRIPS AGREEMENT.

    The President shall oppose any waiver of obligations of members of 
the World Trade Organization under the TRIPS Agreement unless a statute 
is enacted expressly authorizing such a waiver.

SEC. 3. TRIPS AGREEMENT DEFINED.

    In this Act, the term ``TRIPS Agreement'' means the Agreement on 
Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights referred to in 
section 101(d)(15) of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 
3511(d)(15)).
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