House bill · 104th Congress · Did not become law
To amend title 35, United States Code, with respect to patents on biotechnological processes.
Sponsor: Rep. Carlos Moorhead R-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 19, 1995
- Committee actionJun 7, 1995
- Passed HouseOct 17, 1995 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 17, 1995 — Laid on the table. See S. 1111 for further action.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 587.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 104-178 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on July 11, 1995.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 11, 1995 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/104/HRPT/178
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 587, 104th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/104/hr/587
- 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
28 cosponsors — 16 Republicans, 12 Democrats
11 of 28 cosponsors (39%) are from the other party.
Howard Berman (D-CA), Peter Blute (R-MA), Sonny Bono (R-CA), Rick Boucher (D-VA), John Bryant (D-TX), Charles Canady (R-FL), Howard Coble (R-NC), John Conyers (D-MI), Pat Danner (D-MO), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Lane Evans (D-IL), Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Michael Forbes (D-NY), Jon Fox (R-PA), Barney Frank (D-MA), Elton Gallegly (R-CA), George Gekas (R-PA), Robert Goodlatte (R-VA), Martin Hoke (R-OH), Scott Klug (R-WI), Paul McHale (D-PA), Jan Meyers (R-KS), John Reed (D-RI), Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), Ed Royce (R-CA), H. Saxton (R-NJ), F. Sensenbrenner (R-WI), Dick Zimmer (R-NJ).
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. 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
- H.R. 1861 (104th) Copyright Clarifications 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.