House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
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- IntroducedNov 8, 2024
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Latest action: Nov 8, 2024 — Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 10103.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ISSA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 165, November 8, 2024, Pages H5915-H5916):Article I, Section 8, clause 8 provides Congress with the 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.'' The single subject of this legislation is: To amend titles 17, 18, and 35, United States Code, the Plant Variety Protection Act, and the Lanham Act require the submission of a report to Congress before the negotiation of any international agreement relating to an intellectual property right, and for other purposes.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 8, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 557 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 10103, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/10103
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 16, 2024
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 16, 2024). 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
2 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 1 independent
0 of 2 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Darrell Issa.
- H.R. 1505 (118th) No Stolen Trademarks Honored in America Act of 2023
- H.R. 423 (118th) Pala Band of Mission Indians Land Transfer Act of 2023
- H.R. 6610 (118th) Passport System Reform and Backlog Prevention Act
- H.R. 6443 (118th) Jamul Indian Village Land Transfer Act
- H.R. 1753 (118th) To ensure that certain members of the Armed Forces who served in female cultural support teams receive proper credit for such service.
- H.R. 1631 (118th) Pro Codes Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.