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Bill· SS. 1754 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 10 August 2026
Patent and Trademark Office Authorization Act of 2002 - Authorizes appropriations to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for salaries and expenses for FY 2002 through 2007 in an amount equal to all patent and trademark fees estimated by the Secretary of Commerce to be collected in each such fiscal year. Requires the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and the Director of the Office (Director), by February 15 of each fiscal year, to report an estimate of all fees to be collected in the next fiscal year to the chairman and ranking member of specified congressional committees. Requires the Director to develop an electronic system for the filing and processing of patent and trademark applications that: (1) is user friendly; and (2) includes the necessary infrastructure to allow examiners and applicants to send all communications electronically, and to allow the Office to process, maintain, and search electronically the contents and history of each application. Requires the Director to develop and report to specified congressional committees on a five-year strategic plan to: (1) enhance patent and trademark quality; (2) reduce patent and trademark pendency; and (3) develop and implement an effective electronic system for use by the Office and the public for all aspects of the patent and trademark processes, including searching, examining, communicating, publishing, and making publicly available, patents and trademark registrations. Amends Federal patent law to provide that previous citation by or to, or consideration by the Office of, a patent or printed publication does not preclude the existence of a substantial new question of patentability in patent reexamination proceedings. Amends Federal patent law with respect to appeals in inter partes reexamination proceedings to allow a third-party requester to: (1) appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, with respect to any final decision favorable to the patentability of any original or proposed amended or new claim of the patent; and (2) be a party to any appeal taken by the patent owner, subject to the estoppel to assert at a later time in any civil action the invalidity of any claim finally determined to be valid and patentable on any ground which he or she raised or could have raised during such proceeding. Allows a third-party requester to appeal a decision of the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences. Provides that a third-party requester in an inter partes reexamination proceeding dissatisfied with the final decision in an appeal to the Board may appeal the decision only to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Bill· SS. 1704 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 August 2026
Fairness in Antitrust in National Sports (FANS) Act of 2001 - Amends the Clayton Act to provide that the conduct, acts, practices, or agreements (conduct) of persons in the business of organized professional major league baseball directly relating to or affecting the elimination or relocation of a major league baseball franchise are subject to the antitrust laws to the same extent that such conduct would be subject to such laws if engaged in by persons in any other professional sports business affecting interstate commerce. Declares that: (1) no court shall rely on the enactment of this Act as a basis for changing the application of the antitrust laws to any other conduct; and (2) this Act does not create, permit, or imply a cause of action by which to challenge under the antitrust laws, or otherwise apply the antitrust laws to, any conduct that does not directly relate to or affect the elimination or relocation of a major league baseball franchise. Grants standing to bring action under this Act based on such violation to any person (including any major league or minor league baseball player; any Federal, State, or local government, and any stadium authority) injured by a violation of this Act.
Bill· SS. 1611 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 10 August 2026
Intellectual Property Protection Restoration Act of 2001 - Amends Federal patent law to prohibit the award of remedies in civil actions brought for infringement of a patent issued on or after January 1, 2002, if a State or State instrumentality is or was at any time the legal or beneficial owner of such patent, except upon proof that by the date the infringement commenced (or January 1, 2004, whichever is later) the State has waived its immunity from suit in Federal court for any infringement of intellectual property protected under Federal law. Exempts patents from such limitation if it would materially and adversely affect a legitimate contract-based expectation in existence before January 1, 2002, or the party seeking remedies was a bona fide purchaser for value of the patent, and, at the time of the purchase, did not know and was reasonably without cause to believe that a State or State instrumentality was once the legal or beneficial owner of the patent. Amends Federal copyright law and the Trademark Act of 1946 to apply the same condition of State waiver of immunity to suit under Federal law to the award of remedies in any civil action brought under such laws where a State or State instrumentality is or was at any time the legal or beneficial owner of the copyright or trademark involved. Provides that in actions against an officer or employee of a State or its instrumentality for violations of provisions of Federal copyright or patent laws, the U.S. Code, the Trademark Act of 1946, or the Plant Variety Protection Act, remedies shall be available against such individual in the same manner and to the same extent as they available in an action against a private individual under like circumstances. Imposes liability on States for violations of the fifth or fourteenth amendment of the U.S. Constitution (takings or due process violations) involving intellectual property under such Federal laws.
Bill· SS. 754 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 August 2026
Drug Competition Act of 2001 - Requires brand name drug manufacturers and generic drug manufacturers to file with the Federal Trade Commission and the Attorney General agreements affecting the sale or manufacture of generic drugs which could have the effect of limiting the research, development, manufacture, marketing, or selling of a generic drug product.
Bill· SS. 487 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 10 August 2026
Technology, Education and Copyright Harmonization Act of 2001 - Revises Federal copyright law to extend the exemption from infringement liability for instructional broadcasting to digital distance learning or distance education. Allows under specified conditions: (1) the performance and display of reasonable and limited portions of any copyrighted work; (2) the reproduction of such work in transient copies or phonorecords created as a part of the automatic technical process of a digital transmission; and (3) distribution of such copies or phonorecords in the course of such transmission, to the extent technologically necessary. Revises the conditions of such transmission to: (1) require the performance or display to be made by or at the direction of an instructor as an integral part of a class session; (2) limit its reception to students officially enrolled in the course for which it is made or officers or employees of governmental bodies as part of their official duties or employment; (3) require transient copies to be retained for no longer than reasonably necessary to complete the transmission; and (4) require the transmitting body or institution to take specified actions to provide copyright protection of such works. Extends the current ephemeral recording exemption, under specified conditions, to copies or phonorecords embodying a performance or display in digital form for use in making transmissions authorized by this Act.
Bill· SS. 407 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 10 August 2026
Madrid Protocol Implementation Act - Amends the Trademark Act of 1946 to set forth the Madrid Protocol concerning the International Registration of Marks. Authorizes the owner of a basic application for mark registration pending before, or of a basic registration granted by, the Patent and Trademark Office who is a U.S. national, is domiciled in the United States, or has a real and effective industrial or commercial establishment in the United States to file an international application with the Office. Requires the Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks to certify that information contained in the international application corresponds to that in the basic application or registration and to transmit the application to the International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization. Authorizes holders of international registrations based on U.S. registrations to request extensions of protection from the International Bureau or the Office and entitles them to: (1) extensions of U.S. protection; and (2) a right of priority under the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, subject to certain conditions. Bars protection: (1) for an international registration if the Office is the office of origin; and (2) to any mark not registrable on the Principal Register. Sets forth provisions relating to extension of U.S. protection (including cancellation of such protection) for goods and services under an international registration that has been cancelled or is not renewed, and concerning authorized holders of such registrations. Authorizes extensions of protection only to persons who are nationals of, or have other specified connections to, a country that is a Contracting Party or a member of an intergovernmental organization that is a Contracting Party to the Protocol.
Bill· SS. 520 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 10 August 2026
Prohibits an air carrier that operates more than 15 percent of the domestic available seat miles and holds or operates more than 20 percent of the slots at LaGuardia Airport and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport from owning or operating, in any two-hour period, more than 20 percent of such slots. Directs an air carrier that owns or operates any excess slot to return such excess slot to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), or sell such excess slot through an auction conducted by the FAA Administrator, within 60 days after enactment of this Act.
Bill· SS. 282 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 August 2026
Directs the Attorney General to appoint a person to a position to be established within the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice, the primary responsibility of which shall be to provide assistance and advice to the Assistant Attorney General of the Antitrust Division to further the effective enforcement of the antitrust laws with respect to the food and agricultural sectors. Lists position functions, including: (1) assisting and advising with respect to the investigation of possible restraints of trade and the investigation of mergers and acquisitions; and (2) ensuring that any such investigation takes into account the effects on consumers, agricultural producers, and rural communities.
Bill· HRH.R. 2047 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 10 August 2026
Patent and Trademark Office Authorization Act of 2002 - Authorizes appropriations to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for salaries and expenses for FY 2002 in an amount equal to all patent and trademark fees collected in FY 2002. Requires the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the Office to develop an electronic system for the filing and processing of patent and trademark applications that: (1) is user friendly; and (2) includes the necessary infrastructure to allow examiners and applicants to send all communications electronically, and to allow the Office to process, maintain, and search electronically the contents and history of each application. Requires the Director to develop and report to specified congressional committees on a five-year strategic plan to: (1) enhance patent and trademark quality; (2) reduce patent and trademark pendency; and (3) develop and implement an effective electronic system for use by the Office and the public for all aspects of the patent and trademark processes, including searching, examining, communicating, publishing, and making publicly available, patents and trademark registrations.
Bill· HRH.R. 1886 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 10 August 2026
Amends Federal patent law with respect to appeals in inter partes reexamination proceedings to allow a third-party requester to: (1) appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, with respect to any final decision favorable to the patentability of any original or proposed amended or new claim of the patent; and (2) be a party to any appeal taken by the patent owner, subject to the estoppel to assert at a later time in any civil action the invalidity of any claim finally determined to be valid and patentable on any ground which he or she raised or could have raised during such proceeding. Allows a third-party requester to appeal a decision of the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences. Provides that a third-party requester in an inter partes reexamination proceeding dissatisfied with the final decision in an appeal to the Board may appeal the decision only to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Bill· HRH.R. 1866 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 10 August 2026
Amends Federal patent law to provide that previous citation by or to the Patent and Trademark Office of a patent or printed publication does not preclude the existence of a substantial new question of patentability in patent reexamination proceedings.
Bill· HRH.R. 809 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 10 August 2026
Antitrust Technical Corrections Act of 2001 - Repeals: (1) the Act of March 3, 1913, requiring proceedings for the taking of depositions for use in suits in equity brought by the United States under the Sherman Act to be open to the public; and (2) provisions of the Panama Canal Act which bar use of the Panama Canal to violators of antitrust laws. Amends the Sherman Act to apply the prohibitions against monopolizing trade or commerce among the States or with foreign nations to monopolizing trade or foreign commerce in or among any U.S. Territories and the District of Columbia. Amends the Wilson Tariff Act to repeal provisions that authorized any person injured in his business or property by reason of anything prohibited by such Act to sue therefor in U.S. circuit court and to recover treble damages and the costs of suit.
Bill· HRH.R. 741 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 10 August 2026
Madrid Protocol Implementation Act - Amends the Trademark Act of 1946 to set forth the Madrid Protocol concerning the International Registration of Marks. Authorizes the owner of a basic application for mark registration pending before, or of a basic registration granted by, the Patent and Trademark Office who is a U.S. national, is domiciled in the United States, or has a real and effective industrial or commercial establishment in the United States to file an international application with the Office. Requires the Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks to certify that information contained in the international application corresponds to that in the basic application or registration and to transmit the application to the International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization. Authorizes holders of international registrations based on U.S. registrations to request extensions of protection from the International Bureau or the Office and entitles them to: (1) extensions of U.S. protection; and (2) a right of priority under the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, subject to certain conditions. Bars protection: (1) for an international registration if the Office is the office of origin; and (2) to any mark not registrable on the Principal Register. Sets forth provisions relating to extension of U.S. protection (including cancellation of such protection) for goods and services under an international registration that has been cancelled or is not renewed, and concerning authorized holders of such registrations. Authorizes extensions of protection only to persons who are nationals of, or have other specified connections to, a country that is a Contracting Party or a member of an intergovernmental organization that is a Contracting Party to the Protocol.
Bill· HRH.R. 2538 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 2026
Native American Small Business Development Act - Amends the Small Business Act to authorize a Small Business Development Center in an eligible State to apply for an additional Small Business Administration grant to be used solely to provide services to assist with outreach, development, and enhancement on Indian lands of small business startups and expansions owned by Indian tribe members, Native Alaskans, and Native Hawaiians (members and Natives). Defines an eligible State as one in which at least one percent of its population is comprised of such members and Natives. Limits each grant to $300,000 in a fiscal year. Requires a State receiving such a grant to request the advice of local tribal councils on how best to provide assistance to such members or Natives and where to locate satellite centers to provide such assistance.
Bill· HRH.R. 808 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 March 2026
Steel Revitalization Act of 2001 - Directs the President to impose quotas, tariff surcharges, or other measures on, and to negotiate enforceable voluntary export restraint agreements with respect to, imports of steel products in order to ensure that: (1) the tonnage of iron ore, coke and coke products, semifinished steel, and pig iron imported into the United States during any month does not exceed the average tonnage of each product that was imported monthly into the United States during the 36-month period preceding July 1997; and (2) the share of domestic consumption of any other applicable steel product in the United States derived from imports during any month does not exceed the average monthly share of domestic U.S. consumption of that steel product during any month in the 36-month period preceding July 1997. Authorizes the Customs Service to refuse entry into the U.S. customs territory for a five-year period of any steel products that exceed their allowable levels. Establishes: (1) the Steel Retiree Health Care Board in the Department of Labor; (2) the Steelworker Retiree Health Care Trust Fund; and (3) the Health Care Benefit Costs Assistance Program. Sets forth the functions of the Board, including to: (1) provide, under the Health Care Benefit Costs Assistance Program, for payments to designated steelworker group health plans to assist in the funding of qualified retiree health benefits under such plans; and (2) establish policies for the investment and management of the Steelworker Retiree Health Care Trust Fund that provides for prudent investments and low administrative costs. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an excise tax on steel sold by the manufacturer, producer, or importer (such taxes to be deposited into the Steelworker Retiree Health Care Trust Fund). Amends the Emergency Steel Loan Guarantee Act of 1999 to increase the aggregate amount of loans guaranteed and outstanding (including additional costs of such loans) at any one time under Emergency Steel Guarantee Loan Program or with respect to a single qualified steel company. Requires the Loan Guarantee Board to approve or deny an application for a guarantee within 45 days after its receipt. Authorizes any person who acquires another person that produces any of the specified categories of steel products contained in this Act to apply to the Secretary of Commerce for a grant to defray the costs necessary to bring, and maintain, the resulting entity into compliance with U.S. environmental laws. Requires the Secretary to make a determination whether or not such mergers will promote the retention of at least 80 percent of the jobs of the steel workers and production of capacity of such steel products. Sets forth penalties for failure to achieve such retention levels.
Bill· SS. 320 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 9 March 2026
Intellectual Property and High Technology Technical Amendments Act of 2001 - Amends Federal patent and trademark law, as amended by the Intellectual Property and Communications Omnibus Reform Act of 1999 (IPCORA) and the American Inventor's Protection Act (AIPA), to rename: (1) the Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) the Commissioner of such Office; (2) the Commissioner for Patents the Assistant Commissioner for Patents; and (3) the Commissioner for Trademarks the Assistant Commissioner for Trademarks. Amends other specified law to reflect these changes. Makes technical corrections to other patent, copyright, and trademark laws.
Bill· SS. 856 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 9 March 2026
Small Business Technology Transfer Program Reauthorization Act of 2001 - Amends the Small Business Act to: (1) increase and extend through FY 2010 the authorization of appropriations for the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program; (2) increase to $750,000 the maximum award for small businesses participating in the second phase of an STTR Program; (3) require each Federal agency that is required to establish an STTR Program to implement an outreach program to research institutions and small businesses; (4) require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to modify a certain SBA policy directive with respect to Federal funding awards; (5) require each of the above agencies to collect and maintain information necessary to assess its STTR Program; (6) require STTR information to be included in agency databases currently maintaining Small Business Innovation Research information; and (7) require STTR information to be included in such agencies' congressional reporting requirements.
Bill· SS. 295 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 March 2026
Small Business Energy Emergency Relief Act of 2001 - Amends the Small Business Act to authorize the Small Business Administration (SBA) to make disaster loans to assist small businesses that have suffered or are likely to suffer substantial economic injury as the result of a sharp and significant increase in the price of heating fuel. Prohibits any such loan from being made if the total amount outstanding and committed to the borrower would exceed $1.5 million, unless the applicant is a major source of employment in its surrounding area. Requires, for such assistance: (1) a declaration of a disaster by the President or the SBA Administrator; or (2) a certification from the governor of the State that its small businesses have suffered such economic injury and are in need of assistance which is not otherwise available.
Bill· SS. 1670 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 February 2026
Small Business Venture Capital Act of 2001 - Amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1985 to increase the cost recovery fee charged by the Small Business Administration for guaranteeing small business investment company debentures. Extends the program to debentures obligated after FY 2001 (currently, FY 2000).
Bill· SS. 1664 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 February 2026
Ginseng Truth in Labeling Act of 2001 - Requires: (1) persons selling ginseng (as defined by this Act) as a raw agricultural commodity to disclose its country of origin to purchasers; and (2) importers of ginseng to disclose its country of origin at the point of U.S. entry. Exempts retailers from additional labeling if the ginseng is appropriately labeled by the packer or importer. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to impose penalties for violations of such requirement. Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, respecting dietary supplement labeling, to state that "ginseng" shall be used only in reference to an herb or herbal ingredient that: (1) is part of a plant of the species of the genus Panax; and (2) is produced in compliance with U.S. pesticide laws. Provides for a specified enforcement plan to prohibit the importation of dietary supplements mislabeled as a ginseng.
Bill· SS. 416 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 February 2026
Gun Lock Consumer Protection Act of 2001 - Amends the Consumer Product Safety Act to require the Consumer Product Safety Commission to initiate a rulemaking establishing a consumer product safety standard for handgun locks.
Bill· SS. 408 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 February 2026
Small Business Electricity Emergency Relief Act of 2001 - Amends the Small Business Act to authorize the Small Business Administration (SBA) to make disaster loans to assist small businesses that have suffered or are likely to suffer substantial economic injury as the result of a sharp and significant increase in the price of electricity. Prohibits any such loan from being made if the total amount outstanding and committed to the borrower would exceed $1.5 million, unless the applicant is a major source of employment in its surrounding area. Requires, for such assistance: (1) a declaration of a disaster by the President or the SBA Administrator; or (2) a certification from the governor of the State that its small businesses have suffered such economic injury and are in need of assistance which is not otherwise available.
Bill· SS. 348 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 February 2026
Drug-Free Workplace Program Extension Act of 2001 - Amends the Small Business Act to extend through FY 2005 the authorization for the drug-free workplace demonstration program.
Bill· HRH.R. 748 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 February 2026
Small Business Disaster Assistance Act of 2001 - Authorizes the Small Business Administration (SBA) to make grants to small businesses and agricultural enterprises following a natural or other disaster to assist such entities in reopening for business. Limits such grants to $30,000 per entity. Authorizes the SBA to make loans, either directly or through banks or other lending institutions, to small businesses following a natural or other disaster to assist such businesses in reopening. Outlines loan requirements, including requiring businesses operating in flood-prone areas to carry flood insurance.
Bill· SS. 1578 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 August 2025
American Travel Industry Stabilization Act - Directs the President to issue Federal credit instruments, amounting in the aggregate up to $5 billion, to compensate eligible travel-related businesses that were injured by the Government shutdown of the airline industry following the terrorist attacks on the United States that occurred on September 11, 2001. Requires the Air Transportation Stabilization Board to review and make recommendations to the President with respect to applications for such instruments. Sets forth certain Board and instrument requirements.
Bill· HRH.R. 2325 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 19 August 2025
Antitrust Modernization Commission Act of 2001 - Establishes the Antitrust Modernization Commission to study and report to Congress and the President on issues and problems relating to the modernization of the antitrust laws. Directs the Commission to: (1) solicit divergent views of all parties concerned with the operation of such laws; and (2) evaluate the advisability of proposals and current arrangements with respect to such issues and problems.
Bill· SS. 1552 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 August 2025
General Aviation Small Business Assistance Act - Amends the Small Business Act to direct the Small Business Administration to make grants to general aviation small business concerns in amounts equal to direct and incremental losses (not compensated for by insurance or otherwise) sustained between September 11 and December 31, 2001, as a result of any Federal ground stop order(s) related to the September 11 terrorist attacks.
Bill· HRH.R. 2663 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 August 2025
Contact Lens Prescription Release Act of 2001 - Instructs the Federal Trade Commission to promulgate a rule on ophthalmic practice that: (1) requires a contact lens prescriber to provide the patient, (or, upon request, the patient's agent), a copy of the contact lenses prescription, including its two-year expiration date; and (2) makes it an unfair trade practice for a contact lenses industry member to publish any advertisement or sales presentation relating to contact lenses that represents that they may be obtained without a valid prescription.
Bill· HRH.R. 3230 (107th)reported
United States · United States Congress · 19 August 2025
American Small Business Emergency Relief and Recovery Act of 2001 - Amends the Small Business Act to authorize the Small Business Administration (SBA) to make disaster loans to a small business concern that has been directly affected and suffered or is likely to suffer substantial economic injury as the result of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, including injury due to closure or suspension of its business for national security purposes by the Federal Government. Authorizes the refinancing of prior business debt of businesses eligible for such loans. Authorizes the SBA, during the year after enactment of this Act, to make loans to small business concerns that have suffered or are likely to suffer economic harm to or disruption of operations as a result of such attacks. Reduces guarantee fees and increases the guarantee percentage on such loans for one year after the enactment of this Act. Amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to: (1) waive development company debenture guarantee loan fees for financings made after enactment of this Act for one year; and (2) authorize and encourage small business investment companies to provide equity capital and make loans to assist small business concerns adversely impacted by the terrorist attacks. Amends the Small Business Act to authorize individualized assistance to small business concerns adversely impacted by the terrorist attacks through the following programs; (1) small business development centers; (2) Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE); (3) microloan program (women, low-income, veterans, minority); and (4) women's business center program. Directs the Office of Advocacy of the SBA to conduct annual studies on the impact of the events of September 11, 2001, on small business concerns, and the effects of assistance provided under this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 2159 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 August 2025
Safe Playgrounds Act - Directs the Consumer Product Safety Commission to provide grants to upgrade public playgrounds in States that have enacted a statewide law regulating public playgrounds in accordance with Commission guidelines.
Bill· HRH.R. 2100 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 August 2025
Twenty-First Century Distance Learning Enhancement Act - Revises Federal copyright law to extend the exemption from infringement liability for instructional broadcasting to: (1) digital distance learning or distance education; and (2) nonprofit libraries (as well as governmental bodies and accredited nonprofit educational institutions, as at present). Excludes from such exemption (thus subjecting to infringement liability) any work produced or marketed primarily for performance or display as part of mediated instructional activities transmitted via digital networks, or a performance or display given by means of a copy or phonorecord that is not lawfully made and acquired, and the transmitting government body, accredited nonprofit educational institution, or nonprofit library knew or had reason to believe was not lawfully made and acquired. Allows under specified instructional conditions the performance and display of reasonable and limited portions of any copyrighted work in an amount comparable to that which is typically displayed in the course of a live classroom session, by or in the course of a transmission. Exempts from infringement liability, under specified conditions, governmental bodies, accredited nonprofit educational institutions, and nonprofit libraries by reason of the transient or temporary storage of material carried out through the automatic technical process of a digital transmission of the performance or display of that material. Extends the current ephemeral recording exemption, under specified conditions, to copies or phonorecords embodying a performance or display in digital and analog form for use in making transmissions authorized by this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 1530 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 19 August 2025
Prescription Drug Competition Act of 2001 - Requires brand name drug companies and generic drug applicants to file with the Federal Trade Commission and the Secretary of Health and Human Services specified information regarding any agreement regarding the sale or manufacture of a generic drug which the Secretary has determined is the therapeutic equivalent of the brand name drug or for which the applicant seeks a determination of therapeutic equivalence, if such agreement could have the effect of limiting the research, development, manufacture, marketing, or selling of a generic drug product.
Bill· HRH.R. 3404 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 August 2025
Consumer Product Safety Recall Improvement Act - Instructs the Consumer Product Safety Commission to study and report to Congress on methods to dramatically increase the number of consumers effectively reached by product safety recalls, including by creation of an improved consumer recall notification system.
Bill· HRH.R. 2231 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 19 August 2025
Patent Reexamination Enhancement Act of 2001 - Amends Federal patent law to allow any person, within 12 months after issuance of a patent, to file a request for an inter partes reexamination by the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO): (1) on the basis of evidence that the invention was known or used by others in this country, or patented or described in a printed publication in this or a foreign country, before the invention by the applicant for patent; (2) that the invention was patented or described in a printed publication in this or a foreign country or in public use or on sale in this country, more than one year before the application for U.S. patent; (3) on the basis of (1) or (2) alone or in combination with a prior art citation to the PTO consisting of patents or printed publications which that person believes to have a bearing on the patentability of any claim of a particular patent; or (4) on the basis of evidence showing that one or more claims of the patent do not comply with certain patent application specification requirements (other than the best mode requirement). Requires such request to set forth reasons demonstrating a substantial new question of patentability exists in light of certain required conditions for patentability for each claim of the patent for which reexamination is requested. Sets a 12-month deadline for the PTO Director to determine whether a substantial new question of patentability affecting a claim is raised, on the grounds specified in this Act. Revises the estoppel of a third-party requester whose request for an inter partes reexamination results in a final decision favorable to the patentability of any original or proposed amended or new claim of the patent. Allows the assertion of invalidity based on newly discovered information unavailable to the third-party requester and the PTO, or upon evidence and reasons set forth in this Act which were not known to the third party requester at the time of such proceedings. Amends the Intellectual Property and Communications Omnibus Reform Act of 1999 to repeal the estoppel effect of an inter partes reexamination.
Bill· HRH.R. 2246 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 August 2025
Media Marketing Accountability Act of 2001 - Declares that targeted marketing to minors of an adult-rated motion picture, music recording, or electronic game shall be treated as a deceptive act or practice within the meaning of the Federal Trade Commission Act, and considered unlawful unless the producer or distributor responsible for advertising or marketing adheres to a voluntary self-regulatory system that comports with criteria established by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Grants the FTC enforcement powers. Directs the FTC to study and report to Congress on marketing practices of the motion picture, music recording and electronic game industries with respect to adult-rated products, including the identification of particular producers and distributors engaged in such practices.
Bill· HRH.R. 3543 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 August 2025
Fair Play for Playwrights Act of 2001 - Declares that the antitrust laws shall not apply to: (1) any agreement by and among playwrights, their representatives, or associations of playwrights, or concerted action taken by them, for the purpose of establishing and enforcing the minimum terms and conditions on which their works will be developed, licensed, or produced; or (2) any discussion by and among representatives or associations of playwrights and producers for the purpose of negotiating, implementing, or enforcing a standard form contract or other collective agreement governing such terms and conditions.
Bill· HRH.R. 2961 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 August 2025
Terrorist Disaster Relief for Small Businesses Act - Directs the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to treat: (1) the terrorist attacks on the United States that occurred on September 11, 2001, as a disaster for which loans to affected small business concerns are authorized; and (2) the entire United States as the affected area. Allows the Administrator to waive certain size standards that would otherwise preclude a business concern from being an eligible recipient of such a loan.
Bill· HRH.R. 1086 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 August 2025
Infant Crib Safety Act - Makes it unlawful for any commercial user to: (1) manufacture, sell, or contract to sell any full-size or nonfull-size crib which is unsafe for any infant; or (2) sell, contract to sell or resell, lease, sublet, or otherwise place in the stream of commerce any such crib which is not new and is unsafe for any infant. Makes it unlawful for any lodging facility to offer or provide such an unsafe crib. Presumes as unsafe a crib which does not conform to specified standards in the Code of Federal Regulations and the American Society for Testing Materials Voluntary Standards, unless labeled as dangerous for an infant and not intended to be used for one. Authorizes a fine and injunction against violators of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 1424 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 August 2025
Deceptive and Abusive Recovery Practices in Telemarketing Prevention Act - Amends the Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act to direct the Federal Trade Commission, with respect to certain deceptive and abusive recovery practices, to prescribe rules prohibiting requesting or receiving fee or consideration payments for obtaining goods or services, or recovering money or other items of value paid for them by a person in a previous telemarketing transaction, until seven business days after the goods, services, money, or other items of values are delivered to that person.
Bill· HRH.R. 3350 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 19 August 2025
Small Business Economic Recovery Act of 2001 - Authorizes the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to make loans under disaster loan provisions of the Small Business Act to any small business determined to have suffered a substantial economic injury. States that, with respect to such loans: (1) no declaration of a disaster area is required; and (2) no determination that the business suffered economic injury as the result of a disaster is required. Prohibits any such loan after September 11, 2002.
Bill· HRH.R. 3204 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 August 2025
Intellectual Property Protection Restoration Act of 2001 - Amends Federal patent law to prohibit the award of remedies in civil actions brought for infringement of a patent issued on or after January 1, 2002, if a State or State instrumentality is or was at any time the legal or beneficial owner of such patent, except upon proof that by the date the infringement commenced (or January 1, 2004, whichever is later) the State has waived its immunity from suit in Federal court for any infringement of intellectual property protected under Federal law. Exempts patents from such limitation if it would materially and adversely affect a legitimate contract-based expectation in existence before January 1, 2002, or the party seeking remedies was a bona fide purchaser for value of the patent, and, at the time of the purchase, did not know and was reasonably without cause to believe that a State or State instrumentality was once the legal or beneficial owner of the patent. Amends Federal copyright law and the Trademark Act of 1946 to apply the same condition of State waiver of immunity to suit under Federal law to the award of remedies in any civil action brought under such laws where a State or State instrumentality is or was at any time the legal or beneficial owner of the copyright or trademark involved. Provides that in actions against an officer or employee of a State or its instrumentality for violations of provisions of Federal copyright or patent laws, the U.S. Code, the Trademark Act of 1946, or the Plant Variety Protection Act, remedies shall be available against such individual in the same manner and to the same extent as they available in an action against a private individual under like circumstances. Imposes liability on States for violations of the fifth or fourteenth amendment of the U.S. Constitution (takings or due process violations) involving intellectual property under such Federal laws.
Bill· HRH.R. 542 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 August 2025
Small Business Review Panel Technical Amendments Act of 1999 (sic) - Amends Federal provisions concerning the promulgation of Federal rules to allow representatives of small entities that may be affected to make an oral presentation to a review panel for a proposed rule. Requires the head of an agency covered by the rule to print the report of the review panel in the Federal Register within 120 days after receiving it or as part of the publication of the notice of proposed rulemaking.
Bill· SS. 538 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 August 2025
Infant Crib Safety Act - Makes it unlawful for any commercial user to: (1) manufacture, sell, or contract to sell any full-size or nonfull-size crib which is unsafe for any infant; or (2) sell, contract to sell or resell, lease, sublet, or otherwise place in the stream of commerce any such crib which is not new and is unsafe for any infant. Makes it unlawful for any lodging facility to offer or provide such an unsafe crib. Presumes as unsafe a crib which does not conform to specified standards in the Code of Federal Regulations and the American Society for Testing Materials Voluntary Standards, unless labeled as dangerous for an infant and not intended to be used for one. Authorizes a fine and injunction against violators of this Act.
Bill· SS. 957 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 19 August 2025
Steel Revitalization Act of 2001 - Directs the President to impose quotas, tariff surcharges, or other measures on, and to negotiate enforceable voluntary export restraint agreements with respect to, imports of steel products in order to ensure that: (1) the tonnage of iron ore, coke and coke products, semifinished steel, and pig iron imported into the United States during any month does not exceed the average tonnage of each product imported monthly into the United States during the 36-month period preceding July 1997; and (2) the share of domestic consumption of any other applicable steel product in the United States derived from imports during any month does not exceed the average monthly share of domestic U.S. consumption of that steel product during any month in the 36-month period preceding July 1997. Establishes: (1) the Steel Retiree Health Care Board in the Department of Labor; (2) the Steelworker Retiree Health Care Trust Fund; and (3) the Health Care Benefit Costs Assistance Program. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an excise tax on steel sold by the manufacturer, producer, or importer (with proceeds to be deposited into the Steelworker Retiree Health Care Trust Fund). Amends the Emergency Steel Loan Guarantee Act of 1999 to increase the aggregate amount of loans guaranteed and outstanding at any one time under Emergency Steel Guarantee Loan Program or with respect to a single qualified steel company. Directs the Secretary to make a grant to help a merged steel product company comply with environmental requirements if such merger will promote the retention of at least 80 percent of the jobs of the steel workers and of the steel- producing facilities of the merging companies.
Bill· HRH.R. 1333 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 August 2025
Patent Improvement Act of 2001 - Amends Federal law to require the Director of the Patent and Trademark Office to establish an Administrative Opposition Panel to conduct proceedings, under specified conditions, to hear opposition to patent claims and cancel, confirm, or modify them.
Bill· HRH.R. 3085 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 August 2025
Economic Recovery for Small Businesses Act - Authorizes the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to make direct loans to any small business concern that suffered substantial economic injury as a result of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
Bill· HRH.R. 2031 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 August 2025
Consumer Credit Report Accuracy and Privacy Act of 2001 - Amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to require a consumer reporting agency to provide a free annual credit report to any consumer upon request.
Bill· HRH.R. 1488 (107th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 19 August 2025
National Amusement Park Ride Safety Act of 2001 - Amends the Consumer Product Safety Act to include within the definition of "consumer product" amusement rides that are permanently fixed to a site (thereby giving the Consumer Product Safety Commission jurisdiction over such amusement rides).
Bill· SS. 792 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 August 2025
Media Marketing Accountability Act of 2001 - Declares that targeted marketing to minors of an adult-rated motion picture, music recording, or electronic game shall be treated as a deceptive act or practice within the meaning of the Federal Trade Commission Act, and considered unlawful unless the producer or distributor responsible for advertising or marketing adheres to a voluntary self-regulatory system that comports with criteria established by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Grants the FTC enforcement powers. Directs the FTC to study and report to Congress on marketing practices of the motion picture, music recording and electronic game industries with respect to adult-rated products, including the identification of particular producers and distributors engaged in such practices.
Bill· HRH.R. 3288 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 19 August 2025
Fairness in Antitrust in National Sports (FANS) Act of 2001 - Amends the Clayton Act to provide that the conduct, acts, practices, or agreements (conduct) of persons in the business of organized professional major league baseball directly relating to or affecting the elimination or relocation of a major league baseball franchise are subject to the antitrust laws to the same extent that such conduct would be subject to such laws if engaged in by persons in any other professional sports business affecting interstate commerce. Declares that: (1) no court shall rely on the enactment of this Act as a basis for changing the application of the antitrust laws to any other conduct; and (2) this Act does not create, permit, or imply a cause of action by which to challenge under the antitrust laws, or otherwise apply the antitrust laws to, any conduct that does not directly relate to or affect the elimination or relocation of a major league baseball franchise. Grants standing to bring action under this Act based on such violation to any person (including any major league or minor league baseball player; any Federal, State, or local government, and any stadium authority) injured by a violation of this Act.