House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law

Patent Reform Act of 2007

H.R. 1908Introduced Apr 18, 2007Policy area: Commerce

Where it went

IntroducedApr 18, 2007
Committee actionJul 18, 2007
Passed HouseSep 7, 2007 · 220–175
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Sep 11, 2007 — Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 348.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1908.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1908, Patent Reform Act of 2007” on September 4, 2007. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on July 18, 2007</p>”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 4, 2007 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19105
CBO publication date
September 4, 2007
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1908, 110th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/1908
Record last updated by Congress.gov
January 10, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 27, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c58d30f6c7a832362453a002432de1501e68bbb2f44fd85120f65c1934902fe3
CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1908, Patent Reform Act of 2007” on September 4, 2007. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on July 18, 2007</p>”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 4, 2007 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19133
CBO publication date
September 4, 2007
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1908, 110th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/1908
Record last updated by Congress.gov
January 10, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 27, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c58d30f6c7a832362453a002432de1501e68bbb2f44fd85120f65c1934902fe3
CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1908, Patent Reform Act of 2007” on September 4, 2007. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on July 18, 2007”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 4, 2007 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19105
CBO publication date
September 4, 2007
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1908, 110th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/1908
Record last updated by Congress.gov
January 10, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 27, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c58d30f6c7a832362453a002432de1501e68bbb2f44fd85120f65c1934902fe3
CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1908, Patent Reform Act of 2007” on September 4, 2007. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on July 18, 2007”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 4, 2007 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19133
CBO publication date
September 4, 2007
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1908, 110th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/1908
Record last updated by Congress.gov
January 10, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 27, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c58d30f6c7a832362453a002432de1501e68bbb2f44fd85120f65c1934902fe3
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. 110-314 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on September 4, 2007.
Source: Congress.gov, reported September 4, 2007 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
committeeReports
Report API records
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/314
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1908, 110th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/1908
Record last updated by Congress.gov
January 10, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 27, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c58d30f6c7a832362453a002432de1501e68bbb2f44fd85120f65c1934902fe3
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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

23 cosponsors — 9 Republicans, 14 Democrats

9 of 23 cosponsors (39%) are from the other party.

Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Rick Boucher (D-VA), Chris Cannon (R-UT), Howard Coble (R-NC), John Conyers (D-MI), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Jo Ann Davis (R-VA), Rahm Emanuel (D-IL), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Robert Goodlatte (R-VA), Darlene Hooley (D-OR), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Jim Matheson (D-UT), James Moran (D-VA), Bill Sali (R-ID), Adam Schiff (D-CA), Michael Simpson (R-ID), Adam Smith (D-WA), Lamar Smith (R-TX), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Robert Wexler (D-FL).

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