To amend title 35, United States Code, to include the exclusive economic zone as part of the United States for patent infringement, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3954.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SENSENBRENNER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 125, July 24, 2019, Page H7378):
  Clause 8 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the U.S. Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 24, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  59 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3954, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3954

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 16, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2718ecbc9a79752c114eda5ce7999522f8b36e993b1bac525f5e7d2d34eae044

  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 January 16, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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