S.Amdt. 1792

SA 1792. Mr. DAINES submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 1502 proposed by Mr. Schumer to the bill S. 1260, to
establish a new Directorate for Technology and Innovation in the
National Science Foundation, to establish a regional technology hub
program, to require a strategy and report on economic security,
science, research, innovation, manufacturing, and job creation, to
establish a critical supply chain resiliency program, and for other
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of title III of division F, add the following:

SEC. 6302. PROHIBITION ON WAIVERS OF AGREEMENT ON TRADE-
RELATED ASPECTS OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
WITH RESPECT TO COVID-19 VACCINES.

The President may not assent to any waiver of any
intellectual property protections under the Agreement on
Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights of the
World Trade Organization with respect to COVID-19 vaccines.
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