House bill · 104th Congress · Public Law 104-308
To enhance fairness in compensating owners of patents used by the United States.
Became law on Oct 19, 1996.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 23, 1995
- Committee actionOct 17, 1995
- Passed HouseDec 12, 1995 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateOct 3, 1996 · by unanimous consent
- Resolving differencesOct 4, 1996
- To the PresidentOct 10, 1996
- Became lawOct 19, 1996
Latest action: Oct 19, 1996 — Became Public Law No: 104-308.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 632.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 104-373 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on November 30, 1995.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 30, 1995 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/104/HRPT/373
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 632, 104th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/104/hr/632
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- 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
2 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 1 Democrat
1 of 2 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 104th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Martin Frost.
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.