Supporting Healthy Moms and Babies Act

Senate Bill

S. 1834

119th Congress

Supporting Healthy Moms and Babies Act

In Committee

Introduced:May 21, 2025

Primary Sponsor

Cindy Hyde-Smith

Senator

Republican

MS

Cosponsors

3

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Policy Area

Commerce

Summary

The Supporting Healthy Moms and Babies Act would prevent the U.S. government from making changes to the TRIPS Agreement, an international trade deal, without Congress's approval. The TRIPS Agreement sets global rules around intellectual property like patents, and some countries have proposed waiving certain TRIPS requirements during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Latest Action

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

SponsorCindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS)

Introduced5/21/2025

StatusRead twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

ChamberSenate

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Supporting Healthy Moms and Babies Act

The Supporting Healthy Moms and Babies Act would prevent the U.S. government from making changes to the TRIPS Agreement, an international trade deal, without Congress's approval. The TRIPS Agreement sets global rules around intellectual property like patents,

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The Supporting Healthy Moms and Babies Act would prevent the U.S. government from making changes to the TRIPS Agreement, an international trade deal, without Congress's approval. The TRIPS Agreement sets global rules around intellectual property like patents, and some countries have proposed waiving certain TRIPS requirements during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Bill Number: 1834
Sponsor: Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS)
Introduced: 5/21/2025
Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Policy Area: Commerce

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Fact Sheet

Title: Supporting Healthy Moms and Babies Act
Bill Number: 1834
Sponsor: Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS)
Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Introduced: 5/21/2025
Summary: The Supporting Healthy Moms and Babies Act would prevent the U.S. government from making changes to the TRIPS Agreement, an international trade deal, without Congress's approval. The TRIPS Agreement sets global rules around intellectual property like patents, and some countries have proposed waiving

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Plain-English explanation of this bill

The Supporting Healthy Moms and Babies Act would prevent the U.S. government from making changes to the TRIPS Agreement, an international trade deal, without Congress's approval. The TRIPS Agreement sets global rules around intellectual property like patents, and some countries have proposed waiving certain TRIPS requirements during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Last updated: 12/30/2025

Official Summary

Congressional Research Service 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.

Key Points

Main provisions of the bill

The bill prohibits the U.S. from negotiating or concluding any changes to the TRIPS Agreement without explicit authorization from Congress.
The TRIPS Agreement sets global rules on intellectual property like patents, which can impact access to medicines and other products.
In 2020, some countries proposed temporarily waiving certain TRIPS obligations to increase access to COVID-19 vaccines and treatments.

How This Impacts Americans

Potential effects on citizens and communities

If this bill becomes law, it would give Congress more control over U.S. policy towards the TRIPS Agreement. This could affect public health issues like access to medicines, especially during global crises like the COVID-19 pandemic when some countries have sought to temporarily waive certain TRIPS requirements.

Policy Areas

Primary Policy Area

Commerce

Scope & Jurisdiction

Jurisdiction Level

federal

Congressional Session

119th Congress

Citation Reference

1834, 119th Congress (2025). "Supporting Healthy Moms and Babies Act". Source: Voter's Right Platform. https://votersright.org/bills/118-s-1834

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