Senate bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 25, 2011
- Committee actionFeb 3, 2011
- Passed SenateMar 8, 2011 · 95–5
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 9, 2011 — Held at the desk.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 23.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 23, Patent Reform Act of 2011” on March 1, 2011. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on February 3, 2011”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 1, 2011 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/22041
- CBO publication date
- March 1, 2011
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 23, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/s/23
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
749f23ca12219f6c06d054fea2ab2b58fd169473cedadfd01b44e5de1608d5e5
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 23, America Invents Act” on March 8, 2011. CBO’s description reads “Pay-as-you-go estimate for S. 23 with amendments approved by the Senate through March 8, 2010”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 8, 2011 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/22054
- CBO publication date
- March 8, 2011
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 23, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/s/23
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
749f23ca12219f6c06d054fea2ab2b58fd169473cedadfd01b44e5de1608d5e5
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.1249, which became Public Law 112-29 on 9/16/2011.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 10, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 23, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/s/23
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
749f23ca12219f6c06d054fea2ab2b58fd169473cedadfd01b44e5de1608d5e5
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of August 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 23, last updated August 10, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 25, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
14 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 9 Democrats, 1 independent
4 of 14 cosponsors (29%) are from the other party.
Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Christopher Coons (D-DE), Al Franken (D-MN), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Thomas Harkin (D-IA), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Herbert Kohl (D-WI), Jon Kyl (R-AZ), Joseph Lieberman (I-CT), Charles Schumer (D-NY), Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Patrick Leahy.
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- S.J.Res. 7 (112th) A joint resolution providing for the reappointment of Shirley Ann Jackson as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian…
- S.J.Res. 8 (112th) A joint resolution providing for the appointment of Stephen M. Case as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian…
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.