# 117-hr-7582: No Free TRIPS Act

117-hr-7582, No Free TRIPS Act, is a 117th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Issa, Darrell [R-CA-48] (R-CA); status Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 117-hr-7582
- Congress: 117
- Title: No Free TRIPS Act
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- Introduced: 2022-04-26
- Sponsor: Rep. Issa, Darrell [R-CA-48] (R-CA)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Commerce
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## 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.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Rep. McClintock, Tom [R-CA-5] (R-CA), 2022-04-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tiffany, Thomas P. [R-WI-7] (R-WI), 2022-05-11T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [117-hr-7582 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7582)

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- [117-hjres-97: Disapproving of the rule submitted by the Department of Homeland Security relat…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hjres-97)
- [117-hres-1233: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives condemning the recent atta…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hres-1233)
- [117-hjres-82: Disapproving of the rule submitted by the Department of Justice and the Departm…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hjres-82)
- [117-hr-6858: American Energy Independence from Russia Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-6858)
- [117-hjres-72: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United Stat…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hjres-72)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-7582 (as of 2025-11-18).