House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Foreign Adversary Patent Disclosure Act
Official title: To amend title 35, United States Code, to require the Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office to require disclosures in patent applications regarding ties to the People's Republic of China and other foreign adversaries, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 4, 2026
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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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. 9143.
- 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. 9143, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9143
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 29, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2bf214a7c2082353acfa8800cf85f722b289af9c64637bd8ed0cbdca0fd21dc9
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 29, 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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Scott Fitzgerald.
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- 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.