[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 172 (Thursday, December 5, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1150-D1151]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 18 public bills, H.R. 3656-
3673; and 3 resolutions, H. Res. 431-433, were introduced. 
                                                         Pages H7566-67
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H7567-68
Reports Filed: There were no reports filed today.
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Foxx to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H7509
Journal: The House agreed to the Speaker's approval of the Journal by 
voice vote.                                          
  Pages H7509, H7556
Innovation Act: The House passed H.R. 3309, to amend title 35, United 
States Code, and the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act to make 
improvements and technical corrections, by a recorded vote of 325 ayes 
to 91 noes, Roll No. 629.                                
  Pages H7511-56
  Pursuant to the rule, an amendment in the nature of a substitute 
consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 113-28 shall be 
considered as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the 
five-minute rule, in lieu of the amendment in the nature of a 
substitute recommended by the Committee on the Judiciary now printed in 
the bill.                                                    
Page H7526
Agreed to:
  Polis amendment (No. 3 printed in part A of H. Rept. 113-283) that 
requires claimants to provide additional disclosure information in any 
pre-suit notification to establish a willful infringement claim; 
                                                         Pages H7538-39
  Jackson Lee amendment (No. 6 printed in part A of H. Rept. 113-283) 
that requires the Director to conduct a study regarding the economic 
impact of the changes in current law resulting from Sections 3, 4, and 
5 of the bill on the ability of individuals and small businesses owned 
by women, veterans, and minorities to assert, secure, and vindicate 
their constitutionally guaranteed exclusive right to their inventions 
and discoveries;                                         
Pages H7543-45
  Goodlatte manager's amendment (No. 1 printed in part A of H. Rept. 
113-283) that makes a few technical and clarifying changes. 
Specifically, under Section 3(d), it clarifies that the exception in 
paragraph one applies to biosimilars, it also adds an exception for 
actions seeking relief based on competitive harm, and ensures that the 
provision is not subject to reverse gamesmanship. Under Section 6(d) it 
makes clarifying changes that ensure that foreign courts cannot 
terminate licenses to US IP. Extends time required by the agencies to 
complete the various studies and reports required in the bill (by a 
recorded vote of 341 ayes to 73 noes, Roll No. 623); and 
                                               Pages H7532-35, H7551-52
  Rohrabacher amendment (No. 7 printed in part A of H. Rept. 113-283) 
that strikes 9(a) from the bill and reorders the remaining subsections 
of Section 9 (by a recorded vote of 260 ayes to 156 noes, Roll No. 
627).                                          
Pages H7545-46, H7754-55
Rejected:
  Watt amendment (No. 2 printed in part A of H. Rept. 113-283) that 
sought to bring the fee shifting provision in the underlying bill more 
closely aligned with the Equal Access to Justice Act. Would allow a 
judge to consider dilatory or other abusive tactics

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by the prevailing party in determining whether to reduce or deny a fee 
award (by a recorded vote of 199 ayes to 213 noes, Roll No. 624); 
                                               Pages H7535-38, H7552-53
  Massie amendment (No. 4 printed in part A of H. Rept. 113-283) that 
sought to strike section 5, the ``Customer-suit exception'' provision 
(by a recorded vote of 119 ayes to 296 noes, Roll No. 625); 
                                                  Pages H7539-40, H7553
  Jackson Lee amendment (No. 5 printed in part A of H. Rept. 113-283) 
that sought to expand covered customer definition to all small 
businesses as long as their annual revenue does not exceed $25 million 
(by a recorded vote of 144 ayes to 266 noes, Roll No. 626); and 
                                               Pages H7541-43, H7553-54
  Conyers amendment in the nature of a substitute (No. 8 printed in 
part A of H. Rept. 113-283) that sought to promote transparency in 
patent ownership; protect customers who are targeted in infringement 
suits; direct the PTO to develop educational resources for small 
businesses; instruct the PTO and others to prepare reports on several 
issues including the use of deceptive demand letters (by a recorded 
vote of 157 ayes to 258 noes, Roll No. 628).      
Pages H7546-51, H7755
  H. Res. 429, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 
3309) and (H.R. 1105), was agreed to yesterday, December 4th.
Meeting Hour: Agreed that when the House adjourns today, it adjourn to 
meet on Monday, December 9th at 12 noon for morning hour debate and 2 
p.m. for legislative business.                               
  Page H7759
Quorum Calls--Votes: Seven recorded votes developed during the 
proceedings of today and appear on pages H7751-52, H7752-53, H7753, 
H7753-54, H7754-55, H7755, and H7755-56. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 9 a.m. and adjourned at 2:49 p.m.