House concurrent resolution · 109th Congress · Did not become law
Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the issuance of the 500,000th design patent by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Sponsor: Rep. John Conyers D-MIWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 10, 2005
- Committee actionMar 9, 2005
- Passed HouseApr 19, 2005 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
Latest action: Apr 20, 2005 — Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.Con.Res. 53.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 109-22 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on March 17, 2005.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 17, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/22
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.Con.Res. 53, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hconres/53
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ae323fc857c79936716dae20e962a65a1209b3bd287ce24e909e12a1b5732eff
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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
9 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 5 Democrats
4 of 9 cosponsors (44%) are from the other party.
Howard Berman (D-CA), John Dingell (D-MI), Dale Kildee (D-MI), Sander Levin (D-MI), Thaddeus McCotter (R-MI), Mike Rogers (R-MI), John Schwarz (R-MI), Lamar Smith (R-TX), Bart Stupak (D-MI).
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 27, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.