Senate bill · 107th Congress · Did not become law

Patent and Trademark Office Authorization Act of 2002

S. 1754Introduced Nov 30, 2001Policy area: Commerce

Sponsor: Sen. Patrick Leahy D-VT

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Where it went

IntroducedNov 30, 2001
Committee actionJun 20, 2002
Passed SenateJun 26, 2002 · by unanimous consent
Passed House—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Jun 27, 2002 — Held at the desk.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1754.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1754, Patent and Trademark Office Authorization Act of 2002” on July 16, 2002. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as passed by the Senate on June 26, 2002</p>”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 16, 2002 ↗
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CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13837
CBO publication date
July 16, 2002
Congress.gov bill record
S. 1754, 107th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/s/1754
Record last updated by Congress.gov
August 10, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 28, 2026
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CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1754, Patent and Trademark Office Authorization Act of 2002” on July 16, 2002. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as passed by the Senate on June 26, 2002”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 16, 2002 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13837
CBO publication date
July 16, 2002
Congress.gov bill record
S. 1754, 107th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/s/1754
Record last updated by Congress.gov
August 10, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 28, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3a1e0731506473dacc7cf7f5c1240204b2f440abe255dbcb36dfa5031438ba56
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.
Congress.gov noteFor further action, see H.R. 2215, which became Public Law 107-273 on 11/2/2002.
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Congress.gov bill record
S. 1754, 107th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/s/1754
Record last updated by Congress.gov
August 10, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 28, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3a1e0731506473dacc7cf7f5c1240204b2f440abe255dbcb36dfa5031438ba56

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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

5 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 3 Democrats

2 of 5 cosponsors (40%) are from the other party.

Robert Bennett (R-UT), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Thomas Carper (D-DE), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Harry Reid (D-NV).

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