[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 145 (Tuesday, August 10, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6369-S6370]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3504. Mr. CASSIDY (for himself, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Daines, and Mr. 
Portman) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the

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concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 14, setting forth the congressional 
budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2022 and 
setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2023 
through 2031; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 3004. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 
                   PROTECTING THE RIGHTS OF THE UNITED STATES 
                   UNDER THE AGREEMENT ON TRADE-RELATED ASPECTS OF 
                   INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS.

       The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 
     may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, 
     aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution, 
     and make adjustments to the pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or 
     more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between 
     the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to 
     protecting the rights of the United States under 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)) (in this section referred 
     to as the ``TRIPS Agreement''), which may include prohibiting 
     or limiting actions by the executive branch to negotiate any 
     potential waiver, suspension, or other impairment of the 
     rights of the United States under the TRIPS Agreement with 
     respect to China or Russia, or requiring the executive branch 
     to appropriately consult with Congress and obtain any 
     requisite authorization before agreeing to any waiver, 
     suspension, or other impairment of the rights of the United 
     States under the TRIPS Agreement with respect to any other 
     country, by the amounts provided in such legislation for 
     those purposes, provided that such legislation would not 
     increase the deficit over either the period of the total of 
     fiscal years 2022 through 2026 or the period of the total of 
     fiscal years 2022 through 2031.
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