House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJul 10, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 30, 2019 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3666.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. STIVERS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 115, July 10, 2019, Page H5584):Article 1, Section 8, clause 8, ``to promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Rights to their respective Writings and Discoveries,''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 10, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 209 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3666, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3666
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3666, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 20, 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
22 cosponsors — 15 Republicans, 7 Democrats
7 of 22 cosponsors (32%) are from the other party.
Brian Babin (R-TX), Don Bacon (R-NE), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Ted Budd (R-NC), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Warren Davidson (R-OH), Danny Davis (D-IL), Bill Foster (D-IL), Lance Gooden (R-TX), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), J. Hill (R-AR), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), David Joyce (R-OH), John Joyce (R-PA), Peter King (R-NY), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Scott Peters (D-CA), F. Sensenbrenner (R-WI), Thomas Suozzi (D-NY), Nydia Velázquez (D-NY), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Steve Stivers.
- H.R. 4305 (116th) PAWS for Veterans Therapy Act
- H.R. 1366 (116th) Responsible Additions and Increases to Sustain Employee Health Benefits Act of 2019
- H.R. 2001 (116th) Homeless Children and Youth Act of 2019
- H.R. 3147 (116th) PAWS Act of 2019
- H.R. 5359 (116th) DEBT Act of 2019
- H.R. 6265 (116th) Coronavirus Guidance for Financial Institutions Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 20, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.