US HB7956 | 2019-2020 | 116th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Introduced on August 7 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-08-07 - Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on August 7 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-08-07 - Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Removes certain intellectual property-related restrictions on repairing or maintaining critical medical infrastructure (i.e., a device or product used to provide medical services). During the declared COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) emergency, it shall not be copyright infringement for an owner or licensee of service materials (such as manuals or computer diagnostic software) to copy such materials if (1) the copying is incidental to the repair or maintenance of critical medical infrastructure, and (2) such repair or maintenance is in response to the emergency. Similarly, during the emergency, the prohibition against circumventing technology to control access to a work (or trafficking in circumvention tools) shall not apply to an owner or licensee of critical medical infrastructure if the circumvention is done to repair or maintain critical medical infrastructure in response to the emergency. During the emergency, it shall also not be design patent infringement if the owner or licensee of critical medical infrastructure fabricates a patented part on a noncommercial basis in order to repair or maintain the infrastructure in response to the emergency. The bill also nullifies any contract provision that restricts the ability of the owner or licensee of critical medical infrastructure to repair or maintain such infrastructure in response to the emergency. The manufacturer of critical medical infrastructure shall (1) offer for sale on reasonable terms any tool or information for servicing or repairing such infrastructure, and (2) provide information for making such tools to aftermarket tool manufacturers. The Federal Trade Commission shall have the authority to enforce these requirements.
Title
Critical Medical Infrastructure Right-to-Repair Act of 2020
Sponsors
Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY] | Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA] | Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2020-08-07 | House | Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. |
2020-08-07 | House | Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. |
2020-08-07 | House | Introduced in House |
Same As/Similar To
SB4473 (Related) 2020-08-06 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Subjects
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Commerce
Congressional oversight
Contracts and agency
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government studies and investigations
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Health technology, devices, supplies
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Intellectual property
Manufacturing
Trade secrets and economic espionage
Commerce
Congressional oversight
Contracts and agency
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government studies and investigations
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Health technology, devices, supplies
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Intellectual property
Manufacturing
Trade secrets and economic espionage
US Congress State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/7956/all-info |
Text | https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr7956/BILLS-116hr7956ih.pdf |