[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 133 (Saturday, August 6, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S4221]
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SA 5198. Mr. LANKFORD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by him to the bill H.R. 5376, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to
title II of S. Con. Res. 14; which was ordered to lie on the table; as
follows:
In section 1194 of the Social Security Act, as added by
part 1 of subtitle B of title I, add at the end the
following:
``(h) Limitation on Use of Certain Goods Manufactured With
Waived Intellectual Property Rights.--
``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2),
goods subject to negotiation or renegotiation under
subsection (a) may not be purchased by an official or agency
of the United States for use outside the United States or
imported by a United States person for domestic consumption
if the manufacturer of those goods has utilized the
intellectual property of a United States person without their
consent on the basis that the rights of that person to that
intellectual property have been waived in the country of
origin of the manufacturer because of a waiver of a provision
of the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual
Property Rights, including the Ministerial Decision on the
TRIPS Agreement adopted on June 17, 2022.
``(2) Exception.--Paragraph (1) shall not apply if the
President submits to Congress a certification that the United
States Trade Representative will not support or facilitate
the negotiation or approval of any measure at the World Trade
Organization that weakens any provision of the Agreement on
Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights with
respect to a pharmaceutical, therapeutic, diagnostic, or
other biotechnology commodity produced in the United States.
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