House bill · 107th Congress · Did not become law
Patent and Trademark Office Authorization Act of 2002
Sponsor: Rep. Howard Coble R-NCWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 5, 2001
- Committee actionJul 24, 2001
- Passed HouseNov 6, 2001 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateJun 26, 2002 · by unanimous consent
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 3, 2002 — For Further Action See H.R.2215.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2047.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2047, Patent and Trademark Office Authorization Act of 2002” on July 31, 2001. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on July 24, 2001</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 31, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13197
- CBO publication date
- July 31, 2001
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2047, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/2047
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d39a13fe067f816dbad2c7f1ea966ae5df1021de304441f3bc63f91b0968c013
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2047, Patent and Trademark Office Authorization Act of 2002” on July 31, 2001. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on July 24, 2001”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 31, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13197
- CBO publication date
- July 31, 2001
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2047, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/2047
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d39a13fe067f816dbad2c7f1ea966ae5df1021de304441f3bc63f91b0968c013
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 107-190 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on August 2, 2001.Source: Congress.gov, reported August 2, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/107/HRPT/190
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2047, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/2047
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d39a13fe067f816dbad2c7f1ea966ae5df1021de304441f3bc63f91b0968c013
A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.
- Congress.gov noteFor further action, see H.R. 2215, which became Public Law 107-273 on
11/2/2002.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 10, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2047, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/2047
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d39a13fe067f816dbad2c7f1ea966ae5df1021de304441f3bc63f91b0968c013
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2047, last updated August 10, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 28, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
4 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 4 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Howard Berman (D-CA), John Conyers (D-MI), Johnny Isakson (R-GA), Lamar Smith (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 741 (107th) Madrid Protocol Implementation Act
- H.R. 3892 (107th) Judicial Improvements Act of 2002
- H.R. 4125 (107th) Federal Courts Improvement Act of 2002
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 28, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.