,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #afhc  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #ah1      
#bjba,mr4 ,scott of ,south ,carolina    
7for himself1 ,mr4 ,toomey1 ,mr4        
,grassley1 and ,mr4 ,burr7 introduced   
the following bill2 which was read twice
 and referred to the ,committee on      
,finance  ,a ,,bill  ,to prohibit the   
use of funds to support a measure at the
 ,world ,trade ,organization waiving    
intellectual property rights1 and for   
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,preventing    
,foreign ,attempts ,to ,erode           
,healthcare ,innovation ,act4  #b4      
,findings ,congress finds the following3
 7#a7 ,the coronavirus disease #bjai    
7commonly referred to as ,,covid-#ai7   
pandemic precipitated a global response 
to the need for treatments1             
therapeutics1 and vaccines1 challenging 
the life sciences community to innovate 
at an unprecedented pace4  7#b7 ,in     
response to this need1 life sciences    

companies across the globe have brought 
more than #fjj novel ,,covid-#ai        
treatments under development1 including 
#acj vaccines in clinical trials and    
#agf in pre-clinical trials4  7#c7      
,predictable1 transparent1 and          
enforceable intellectual property rights
 have been a cornerstone of establishing
 the ,united ,states as an innovation   
hub before and during the pandemic4     
7#d7 ,the first two ,,covid-#ai vaccines
 to be authorized for emergency use in  
the ,united ,states employ m,r,n,a      
technology that applies years of        
scientific research driven by effective1
 internationally recognized intellectual
 property rights1 underscoring the      
historic mobilization in response to the
 pandemic that has resulted in          
unprecedented partnerships between      
governments and businesses to develop   
and deploy intellectual property        
solutions in record time4  7#e7 ,the    
petition1 led by ,india and ,south      
,africa1 before the ,council for        

,trade-,related ,aspects of             
,intellectual ,property ,rights of the  
,world ,trade ,organization1 seeking a  
waiver to suspend all intellectual      
property rights associated with         
,,covid-#ai innovations1 would establish
 unnecessary barriers to innovation that
 put at risk the life-saving solutions  
to the pandemic the world desperately   
needs4  7#f7 ,proper and effective      
intellectual property rights enable the 
greatest access to life-saving cures and
 treatments through voluntary licensing 
agreements and other valuable           
partnerships already being established  
between life sciences innovators and    
vaccine manufacturers across the globe4 
7#g7 ,inadequate ,united ,states        
leadership in defending intellectual    
property rights internationally invites 
foreign competitor governments1         
including the ,government of the        
,people's ,republic of ,china1 to take  
advantage of weak global protections1   
thereby undermining ,united ,states     

investment and leadership in the life   
sciences4  #c4 ,sense of ,congress ,it  
is the sense of ,congress that-- 7#a7   
the ,united ,states should continue to  
promote strong international property   
rights internationally2 and  7#b7 it is 
in the national interest of the ,united 
,states to oppose efforts to transfer   
,united ,states intellectual property   
and technology to the ,people's         
,republic of ,china or other countries  
seeking to profit off ,united ,states   
investments4  #d4 ,prohibition on use of
 funds ,none of the funds authorized to 
be appropriated or otherwise made       
available to the ,united ,states ,trade 
,representative may be used to support1 
allow1 or facilitate the negotiation or 
approval of-- 7#a7 the waiver from      
certain provisions of the ,agreement on 
,trade-,related ,aspects of             
,intellectual ,property ,rights for the 
prevention1 containment1 and treatment  
of ,,covid-#ai proposed by ,india and   
,south ,africa2 or  7#b7 any other      

measure at the ,world ,trade            
,organization to waive intellectual     
property rights4