House bill · 102nd Congress · Did not become law
Providing policies with respect to approval of bills providing for patent term extensions, and to extend certain patents.
Sponsor: Rep. William Hughes D-NJWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 24, 1992
- Committee actionJul 22, 1992
- Passed HouseAug 4, 1992 · 278–131
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 6, 1992 — Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
8 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 4 Democrats
4 of 8 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Doug Barnard (D-GA), Rick Boucher (D-VA), Howard Coble (R-NC), Hamilton Fish (R-NY), Barney Frank (D-MA), Carlos Moorhead (R-CA), Patricia Schroeder (D-CO), F. Sensenbrenner (R-WI).
More from the sponsor
Other 102nd Congress bills sponsored by Rep. William Hughes.
- H.R. 4412 (102nd) To amend title 17, United States Code, relating to fair use of copyrighted works.
- H.R. 2324 (102nd) Incarcerated Witness Fees Act of 1991
- H.R. 3531 (102nd) Patent and Trademark Office Authorization Act of 1991
- H.R. 5853 (102nd) To designate segments of the Great Egg Harbor River and its tributaries in the State of New Jersey as components of the National Wild and…
- H.R. 12 (102nd) Beaches Environmental Assessment, Closure, and Health Act of 1991
- H.R. 5452 (102nd) Granting the consent of the Congress to a supplemental compact or agreement between the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of New…
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 29, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.