118 S1834 IS: No Free TRIPS Act U.S. Senate 2023-06-06 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.

II118th CONGRESS1st SessionS. 1834IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESJune 6, 2023Mrs. Blackburn (for herself, Mr. Tuberville, and Ms. Lummis) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on FinanceA BILLTo 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.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the No Free TRIPS Act.

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Limitation on modification of Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights

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In general

The President, and any official, employee, or agent of the United States, may not negotiate or conclude any withdrawal, suspension, waiver, or modification to the TRIPS Agreement without obtaining explicit authorization from Congress before beginning negotiations with respect to that withdrawal, suspension, waiver, or modification.(b)

TRIPS agreement defined

In this section, 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)).