Patents for Humanity Program Improvement Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7259.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. McBATH, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 113, June 18, 2020, Page H2406):
  Article I Section 8, Clause 8--``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, Congressional Record June 18, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

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  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  207 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7259, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/7259

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  db1b4dc1aa3d5d1c7a9494926bb96369f5ee6bf3d4a053ab610acb746db54bfd

  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.

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