# 114-hr-5436: Protecting America's Health Measures Act

114-hr-5436, Protecting America's Health Measures Act, is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by JIM MCDERMOTT (D-WA); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-5436
- Congress: 114
- Title: Protecting America's Health Measures Act
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
- Introduced: 2016-06-09
- Sponsor: JIM MCDERMOTT (D-WA)
- Cosponsors: 6
- Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Protecting America's Health Measures Act This bill amends the Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015 to revise the principal U.S. negotiating objectives regarding foreign investment to require any trade agreement between the United States and a foreign country to include a stipulation that, if the United States elects to deny the benefits of any dispute settlement claim relating to a U.S. law or other measure considered appropriate to ensure that investment activity in its territory is undertaken in a manner sensitive to U.S. human health objectives, then that claim shall be dismissible in any arbitration proceeding.

## Cosponsors (6)

- JOHN CONYERS (D-MI), 2016-07-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2] (D-WI), 2016-07-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-6] (D-MI), 2016-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] (D-MA), 2016-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- LOUISE SLAUGHTER (D-NY), 2016-07-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5] (D-MN), 2016-09-21T00:00:00.000Z

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- 114-hr-5373: LGBT Data Inclusion Act
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## Sources
- [114-hr-5436 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/5436)

## Related
- [114-hr-6382: No Religious Registry Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6382)
- [114-hr-5474: Berta Caceres Human Rights in Honduras Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5474)
- [114-hr-5373: LGBT Data Inclusion Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5373)
- [114-hr-5090: To ensure that air transportation between the United States and the European Un…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5090)
- [114-hr-5044: Making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2016 to respond to Zika viru…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5044)
- [114-hr-4592: Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-4592)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5436 (as of 2025-11-18).