This resolution requests that the President transmit certain information to the House of Representatives related to the proposed waiver of intellectual property commitments under the World Trade Organization Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (known as the TRIPS waiver). In particular, the resolution requests information demonstrating that (1) the TRIPS waiver will increase global supply and delivery of COVID-19 vaccines, (2) the waiver will accelerate the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, or (3) China will not obtain access to patents or other intellectual property related to COVID-19 vaccines even if expressly excluded from the waiver.
Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 127.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
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