TRIPP Act

Bill: 118-hr-7741
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Burchett, Tim [R-TN-2]
Introduced: 2024-03-20
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Latest action: action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

Summaries:
action_date: 2024-03-20
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><p><b>Trade Related Intellectual Property Protection Act or the TRIPP Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires the President to oppose any waiver of obligations under the TRIPS Agreement (i.e., the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights) held by members of the World Trade Organization unless there is an express, statutory authorization for such a waiver.</p></body></html>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7741 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 20, 2024 Mr. Burchett (for himself, Mr. Fleischmann , Mr. Guest , and Mr. Rutherford ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means A BILL To direct the President to oppose any waiver of obligations of members of the World Trade Organization under the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights unless a statute is enacted expressly authorizing such a waiver.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Trade Related Intellectual Property Protection Act or the TRIPP Act . 2. Opposition to waiver of obligations of WTO members under the TRIPS Agreement The President shall oppose any waiver of obligations of members of the World Trade Organization under the TRIPS Agreement unless a statute is enacted expressly authorizing such a waiver. 3. TRIPS Agreement defined In this Act, 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) ).