Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States Government must take steps to end the pandemic now.

Bill: 117-hconres-60
Sponsor: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]
Introduced: 2021-11-09 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Europe
Free trade and trade barriers
Health care coverage and access
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Immunology and vaccination
Industrial facilities
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Intellectual property
International organizations and cooperation
Manufacturing
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Public contracts and procurement
South Africa
Technology transfer and commercialization
Trade agreements and negotiations
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-09
text: 
This concurrent resolution expresses the sense of Congress for ensuring the speediest end of the COVID-19 pandemic 
 
 
the United States and European governments should unite to enact a World Trade Organization Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights waiver, require technology transfer, and otherwise facilitate access in low- and middle-income countries to high-quality COVID-19 mRNA vaccines; and 
 
vital U.S. partners, with shared values who also prioritize global cooperation and saving lives and livelihoods worldwide, should unite to remove all obstacles to global access to COVID-19 vaccines, diagnostics, treatments, oxygen, and other medical products to advance the common goal of quickly ending the COVID-19 pandemic. 
 
 
The resolution states that the U.S. government has an obligation to the American people, whose taxpayer funds helped to develop lifesaving COVID-19 vaccines, to ensure that doses are ultimately delivered to those most in need around the world so as to ensure the global COVID-19 vaccination necessary to end the pandemic.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
action_date: 2021-11-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2021-11-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, the Judiciary, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-11-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, the Judiciary, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-11-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, the Judiciary, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-11-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, the Judiciary, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-11-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-11-09
text: Introduced in House