To amend title 35, United States Code, to provide a good faith exception to the imposition of certain fines, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7803.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 7803, a bill to amend title 35, United States Code, to provide a good faith exception to the imposition of certain fines, and for other purposes” on August 28, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on May 16, 2024”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 28, 2024 ↗

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60680

  CBO publication date

  August 28, 2024

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7803, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7803

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7be556a4ccf578d9f7ecfb11d891a919eb016b2f61d20ddd7ec70f517629a88c

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• 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. 51, March 22, 2024, Page H1499):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 The single subject of this legislation is: This bill includes a technical correction for certain penalty provisions contained in Title 35. The amendments provide the Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office with authorities necessary not to impose certain punitive fines where an entity can prove it acted in good faith when it falsely asserted or certified that it qualified for certain reduced fee programs.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 22, 2024 ↗

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  Statement length

  458 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7803, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7803

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7be556a4ccf578d9f7ecfb11d891a919eb016b2f61d20ddd7ec70f517629a88c

  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 committee report (as of May 27, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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