A bill to amend title 35, United States Code, to provide a good faith exception to the imposition of fines for false assertions and certifications, and for other purposes.

3.0.0 7803 2025-05-27T14:13:26Z 2025-05-27T14:13:26Z House H HR 2024-03-22 118 <pre>[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 51 (Friday, March 22, 2024)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. ISSA:H.R. 7803.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 18The single subject of this legislation is:This bill includes a technical correction for certainpenalty provisions contained in Title 35. The amendmentsprovide the Director of the United States Patent andTrademark Office with authorities necessary not to imposecertain punitive fines where an entity can prove it acted ingood faith when it falsely asserted or certified that itqualified for certain reduced fee programs.[Page H1499]</pre> hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing Markup By 2024-05-16T20:16:08Z Referred To 2024-03-22T13:02:10Z A bill to amend title 35, United States Code, to provide a good faith exception to the imposition of fines for false assertions and certifications, and for other purposes. 118 3960 S 2024-12-17 Became Public Law No: 118-151. Identical bill CRS 2024-05-16 hsju00 Judiciary Committee 1 House committee actions Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote. Committee 2024-05-16 hsju00 Judiciary Committee 1 House committee actions Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held Committee 2024-03-22 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2024-03-22 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2024-03-22 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress I000056 Rep. Issa, Darrell [R-CA-48] Darrell Issa R CA 48 N J000288 Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4] Henry Johnson D GA C. "Hank" 4 2024-03-22 True R000305 Rep. Ross, Deborah K. [D-NC-2] Deborah Ross D NC K. 2 2024-05-14 False 2024-08-28T19:40:00Z H.R. 7803, a bill to amend title 35, United States Code, to provide a good faith exception to the imposition of certain fines, and for other purposes https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60680 As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary onMay 16, 2024 Commerce Intellectual property 2024-10-31T19:10:33Z Licensing and registrations 2024-10-31T19:11:25Z User charges and fees 2024-10-31T19:12:21Z Commerce 2024-04-15T13:30:22Z To amend title 35, United States Code, to provide a good faith exception to the imposition of certain fines, and for other purposes. Display Title 45 To amend title 35, United States Code, to provide a good faith exception to the imposition of certain fines, and for other purposes. 2024-06-11T15:43:37Z Official Title as Introduced 6 To amend title 35, United States Code, to provide a good faith exception to the imposition of certain fines, and for other purposes. 2024-04-12T05:28:55Z Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2024-03-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-118hr7803ih/xml/BILLS-118hr7803ih.xml 2024-05-16 Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote. 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.