House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
ETHIC Act
Official title: To address patent thickets.
Sponsor: Rep. Jodey Arrington R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 8, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 8, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3269.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ARRINGTON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 77, May 8, 2025, Page H1944):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 8, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3269, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3269
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 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 September 19, 2026). 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
9 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 6 Democrats
6 of 9 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Angie Craig (D-MN), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Jesús García (D-IL), Diana Harshbarger (R-TN), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), August Pfluger (R-TX), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jodey Arrington.
- H.R. 1 (119th) An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14.
- H.Con.Res. 113 (119th) Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2027 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary…
- H.Con.Res. 14 (119th) Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2025 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary…
- H.Res. 492 (119th) Directing the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make a correction in the engrossment of H.R. 1.
- H.R. 842 (119th) Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act
- H.R. 8781 (119th) Title IX Clarification Act of 2026
Related bills
- S. 2276 (119th) ETHIC ActRelated bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.