[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1834 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1834

     To prohibit the President from negotiating or concluding any 
  withdrawal, suspension, waiver, or modification to the Agreement on 
Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights without explicit 
                      authorization from Congress.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              June 6, 2023

Mrs. Blackburn (for herself, Mr. Tuberville, and Ms. Lummis) introduced 
the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee 
                               on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
     To prohibit the President from negotiating or concluding any 
  withdrawal, suspension, waiver, or modification to the Agreement on 
Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights without explicit 
                      authorization from Congress.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``No Free TRIPS Act''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON MODIFICATION OF AGREEMENT ON TRADE-RELATED 
              ASPECTS OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS.

    (a) In General.--The President, and any official, employee, or 
agent of the United States, may not negotiate or conclude any 
withdrawal, suspension, waiver, or modification to the TRIPS Agreement 
without obtaining explicit authorization from Congress before beginning 
negotiations with respect to that withdrawal, suspension, waiver, or 
modification.
    (b) TRIPS Agreement Defined.--In this section, 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)).
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