H.R. 3035: Preventing Foreign Attempts to Erode Healthcare Innovation Act

117th Congress · introduced 2021-05-07 · Commerce · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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Where it came from: introduced 2021-05-07 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Donalds, Byron [R-FL-19] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Preventing Foreign Attempts to Erode Healthcare Innovation Act

Plain summary

Preventing Foreign Attempts to Erode Healthcare Innovation Act This bill prohibits the use of federal funds to support, allow, or facilitate the negotiation or approval of any measure at the World Trade Organization to waive intellectual property rights, including the petition titled Waiver from Certain Provisions of the TRIPS Agreement for the Prevention, Containment, and Treatment of COVID-19 . (The petition was submitted by India and South Africa to suspend all intellectual property rights associated with COVID-19 innovations, such as vaccines.)

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Official text

Preventing Foreign Attempts to Erode Healthcare Innovation Act

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Donalds, Byron [R-FL-19] · 22 cosponsors

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Jim Banks (R-IN), Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL), Ted Budd (R-NC), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Pat Fallon (R-TX), Ashley Hinson (R-IA), Andy Harris (R-MD), W. Gregory Steube (R-FL), Thomas P. Tiffany (R-WI), Scott Franklin (R-FL), Chip Roy (R-TX), Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI), Brian Babin (R-TX), Ronny Jackson (R-TX), Lance Gooden (R-TX), Ben Cline (R-VA)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Donalds, Byron [R-FL-19] reported raising $738,092 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-117hr3035.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/117/hr>

Record fed-us-cong117-hr3035 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117