House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Non-Disparagement of Native American Persons or Peoples in Trademark Registration Act of 2013
Sponsor: Rep. Eni Faleomavaega D-ASWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 20, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 15, 2013 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, And The Internet.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1278.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1719):Article I, Section 8, Clause 8--The Congress shall have Power To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 234 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1278, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1278
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of August 12, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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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
24 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 23 Democrats
1 of 24 cosponsors (4%) are from the other party.
Karen Bass (D-CA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Corrine Brown (D-FL), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), André Carson (D-IN), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Tom Cole (R-OK), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Donna Edwards (D-MD), Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Colleen Hanabusa (D-HI), Michael Honda (D-CA), Barbara Lee (D-CA), John Lewis (D-GA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Bobby Rush (D-IL), Louise Slaughter (D-NY), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Eni Faleomavaega.
- H.Res. 714 (113th) To reaffirm the strong support of the United States Government for the peaceful and collaborative resolution of maritime and…
- H.R. 338 (113th) Stop Tobacco Smuggling in the Territories Act of 2013
- H.R. 1679 (113th) To amend the Expedited Funds Availability Act to clarify the application of that Act to American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands.
- H.R. 772 (113th) To promote peaceful and collaborative resolution of the South China Sea dispute.
- H.R. 1279 (113th) United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement Fairness Act of 2013
- H.R. 4311 (113th) To amend the Wagner-Peyser Act to include American Samoa in the employment services provided under that Act, and for other purposes.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.