House bill · 111th Congress · Did not become law
To validate final patent number 27-2005-0081, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Dean Heller R-NVWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 28, 2009
- Committee actionJun 10, 2009
- Passed HouseJul 15, 2009 · 413–0
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 5, 2010 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 542.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 762.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 762, A bill to validate final patent number 27-2005-0081” on June 18, 2009. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on June 10, 2009</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 18, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20821
- CBO publication date
- June 18, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 762, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/762
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b6c835d2d9794126b7f688e35e7f570a01ea61072017f48cc55db93aaf2831a4
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 762, A bill to validate final patent number 27-2005-0081” on June 18, 2009. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on June 10, 2009”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 18, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20821
- CBO publication date
- June 18, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 762, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/762
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b6c835d2d9794126b7f688e35e7f570a01ea61072017f48cc55db93aaf2831a4
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 762, An act to validate final patent number 27-2005-0081” on July 8, 2010. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on June 21, 2010</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 8, 2010 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/21610
- CBO publication date
- July 8, 2010
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 762, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/762
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b6c835d2d9794126b7f688e35e7f570a01ea61072017f48cc55db93aaf2831a4
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 762, An act to validate final patent number 27-2005-0081” on July 8, 2010. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on June 21, 2010”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 8, 2010 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/21610
- CBO publication date
- July 8, 2010
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 762, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/762
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b6c835d2d9794126b7f688e35e7f570a01ea61072017f48cc55db93aaf2831a4
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 reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: S. Rept. 111-272 ↗; H. Rept. 111-178 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported August 5, 2010 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/111/SRPT/272
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/111/HRPT/178 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 762, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/762
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b6c835d2d9794126b7f688e35e7f570a01ea61072017f48cc55db93aaf2831a4
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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
2 cosponsors — 2 Democrats
2 of 2 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.