House bill · 104th Congress · Did not become law
Moorhead-Schroeder Patent Reform Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 15, 1996
- Committee actionJun 11, 1996
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 12, 1996 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 423.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3460.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 104-784 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on September 12, 1996.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 12, 1996 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/104/HRPT/784
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3460, 104th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/104/hr/3460
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 29, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
21 cosponsors — 10 Republicans, 11 Democrats
11 of 21 cosponsors (52%) are from the other party.
Howard Berman (D-CA), Rick Boucher (D-VA), Howard Coble (R-NC), John Conyers (D-MI), David Dreier (R-CA), Martin Frost (D-TX), Elton Gallegly (R-CA), George Gekas (R-PA), Robert Goodlatte (R-VA), Frederick Heineman (R-NC), Martin Hoke (R-OH), Henry Hyde (R-IL), Harry Johnston (D-FL), Ray LaHood (R-IL), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Paul McHale (D-PA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Owen Pickett (D-VA), Patricia Schroeder (D-CO), F. Sensenbrenner (R-WI), Louise Slaughter (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 104th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Carlos Moorhead.
- H.R. 1295 (104th) Federal Trademark Dilution Act of 1995
- H.R. 1734 (104th) To reauthorize the National Film Preservation Board, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 587 (104th) To amend title 35, United States Code, with respect to patents on biotechnological processes.
- H.R. 1506 (104th) Digital Performance Right in Sound Recordings Act of 1995
- H.R. 988 (104th) Attorney Accountability Act of 1995
- H.R. 3968 (104th) Federal Courts Improvement Act of 1996
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.