House bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
United States Patent and Trademark Fee Modernization Act of 2004
Sponsor: Rep. Lamar Smith R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 2, 2003
- Committee actionJul 9, 2003
- Passed HouseMar 3, 2004 · 379–28
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 29, 2004 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 487.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1561.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1561, United States Patent and Trademark Fee Modernization Act of 2003” on July 23, 2003. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on July 9, 2003</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 23, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14650
- CBO publication date
- July 23, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1561, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/1561
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
dfe299e8282b24ba1d231ae653648041968aadd36d9503984c717a0cd35fd005
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1561, United States Patent and Trademark Fee Modernization Act of 2003” on July 23, 2003. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on July 9, 2003”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 23, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14650
- CBO publication date
- July 23, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1561, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/1561
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
dfe299e8282b24ba1d231ae653648041968aadd36d9503984c717a0cd35fd005
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1561, United States Patent and Trademark Fee Modernization Act of 2004” on May 18, 2004. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on April 29, 2004</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 18, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15645
- CBO publication date
- May 18, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1561, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/1561
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
dfe299e8282b24ba1d231ae653648041968aadd36d9503984c717a0cd35fd005
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1561, United States Patent and Trademark Fee Modernization Act of 2004” on May 18, 2004. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on April 29, 2004”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 18, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15645
- CBO publication date
- May 18, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1561, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/1561
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
dfe299e8282b24ba1d231ae653648041968aadd36d9503984c717a0cd35fd005
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. 108-241 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 29, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/241
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1561, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/1561
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
dfe299e8282b24ba1d231ae653648041968aadd36d9503984c717a0cd35fd005
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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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 108th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Lamar Smith.
- H.R. 3632 (108th) Intellectual Property Protection and Courts Amendments Act of 2004
- H.R. 1417 (108th) Copyright Royalty and Distribution Reform Act of 2004
- H.R. 1303 (108th) To amend the E-Government Act of 2002 with respect to rulemaking authority of the Judicial Conference.
- H.R. 2714 (108th) State Justice Institute Reauthorization Act of 2004
- H.R. 4571 (108th) Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act of 2004
- H.R. 2391 (108th) Intellectual Property Protection Act of 2004
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.