HR5796-117 · 117th Congress
Signed into Law
Signed Dec 20, 2022Patents for Humanity Act of 2022
Patents for Humanity Act of 2021 This bill provides statutory authority for a program to award certificates that may be used to accelerate certain proceedings and applications at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO). The program established under this bill shall be treated as the successor to the existing Patents for Humanity program. Under this bill, the PTO must hold a competition at least once every two years to award certificates to eligible entities that submit a patent application th…
VOTE BREAKDOWN
Final passage · 296 politicians tracked
274
YEA
18
NAY
0
PRESENT
4
NOT VOTING
93% YEA6% NAY
BY PARTY
DEMOCRAT145 YEA · 0 NAY
99%
REPUBLICAN129 YEA · 18 NAY
86%
12%
MONEY ON THIS BILL
Top donor industries among YEA voters vs NAY voters · lobbying activity in affected industries
⬆ YEA voters — top donor industries
- 1. Party & Leadership3916 pts
- 2. Labor Unions2757 pts
- 3. Single-Issue Advocacy2482 pts
⬇ NAY voters — top donor industries
- 1. Party & Leadership398 pts
- 2. Single-Issue Advocacy218 pts
- 3. Health Services101 pts
◎ Lobbying activity by issue area
No bill-issue lobbying matches.
“Pts” = sum of per-member industry donation scores (% of total donations from that industry, summed across the group). Higher means that industry funds a larger share of contributions for that voting bloc.
INDIVIDUAL VOTES
Recorded positions for tracked politicians
SPONSORS
Hakeem S. Jeffries
D-NY · Primary
1 COSPONSOR
REPUBLICAN● 1 R
SPONSOR FUNDING
Top industries funding Jeffries
Party & Leadership