S. 4063: No Free TRIPS Act
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S. 4063: No Free TRIPS Act
117th Congress · introduced 2022-04-07 · Commerce · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2022-04-07 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
No Free TRIPS Act
Plain summary
No Free TRIPS Act This bill prohibits the U.S. government from negotiating or concluding any withdrawal from or modification to the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS Agreement) without explicit authorization from Congress. The TRIPS Agreement is one of several international agreements that led to the creation of the World Trade Organization (WTO). In October 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, several WTO members proposed a waiver of some TRIPS obligations, including obligations related to national patent laws.
Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN] · 7 cosponsors
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Cosponsors on this site
Thom Tillis (R-NC), Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Bill Hagerty (R-TN), Cynthia M. Lummis (R-WY), Mike Lee (R-UT)
Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN] reported raising $3.2 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-117s4063.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/117/s>
Record fed-us-cong117-s4063 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117