3.0.0 4075 2022-11-01T13:50:20Z 2022-11-01T13:50:20Z House HR 2019-07-25 116 [Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 126 (Thursday, July 25, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. VELAZQUEZ:H.R. 4075.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 3The Congress shall have Power . . . To regulate Commercewith foreign Nations, and among the several States, and withthe Indian Tribes.[Page H7471]]]> hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju03 Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Subcommittee Referred to 2019-08-28T20:02:47Z Referred to 2019-07-25T14:12:20Z IDEA Act 116 2281 S 2019-07-25 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S5110-5111) Identical bill CRS 2019-08-28 hsju03 Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet. Committee 2019-07-25 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2019-07-25 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2019-07-25 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress V000081 Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7] NYDIA VELAZQUEZ D NY M. 7 N S001187 Rep. Stivers, Steve [R-OH-15] Steve Stivers R OH 15 2019-07-25 True J000288 Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4] Henry Johnson D GA C. "Hank" 4 2019-10-15 False Commerce Congressional oversight Government information and archives Intellectual property Right of privacy Commerce 00 2019-07-25 Introduced in House 2020-10-20T14:27:16Z Inventor Diversity for Economic Advancement Act of 2019 or the IDEA Act

This bill directs the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to collect demographic information about each inventor listed on a patent application. Inventors shall not be required to provide the requested information, which shall include gender, ethnicity, national origin, sexual identity, veterans status, disability, and education and income levels. Such information shall be (1) kept confidential and separate from each patent application, and (2) periodically made public as aggregated data without personally identifying information.

]]> IDEA Act Display Title IDEA Act Official Title as Introduced To amend chapter 11 of title 35, United States Code, to require the voluntary collection of demographic information for patent applications, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced IDEA Act Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced Inventor Diversity for Economic Advancement Act of 2019 Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr4075ih/xml/BILLS-116hr4075ih.xml 2019-08-28 Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.