House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Prohibiting Adversarial Patents Act of 2026
Official title: To amend title 35, United States Code, to limit the ability of persons who pose a threat to national security to receive and enforce patents, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Scott Fitzgerald R-WIWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 4, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 4, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9142.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FITZGERALD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 95, June 4, 2026, Page H3908):clause 18 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 4, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 56 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9142, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9142
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 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 June 23, 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
3 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 3 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Darrell Issa (R-CA), John Moolenaar (R-MI), Bennie Thompson (D-MS).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Scott Fitzgerald.
- H.R. 2189 (119th) To modernize Federal firearms laws to account for advancements in technology and less-than-lethal weapons, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 6260 (119th) Keeping Violent Offenders Off Our Streets Act of 2025
- H.R. 6048 (119th) NDO Fairness Act of 2025
- H.R. 1605 (119th) Separation of Powers Restoration Act of 2025
- H.R. 5877 (119th) Combatting Money Laundering in Cyber Crime Act of 2025
- H.R. 6570 (119th) Merger Agreement Approvals Clarity and Predictability Act
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.