Patents for Humanity Act of 2022

Law · 117-245 · Dec 20, 2022

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1 cosponsor · 1 R

R Spartz

1 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

House Introduced Nov 1, 2021
House Passed Apr 27, 2022
Senate Passed Nov 28, 2022
House Changes resolved Dec 6, 2022 396–24
President To the President Dec 16, 2022
President Signed Dec 20, 2022
Law Dec 20, 2022

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.

What it does: CRS summary · Public Law · Dec 20, 2022

Patents for Humanity Act of 2022

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 that addresses a humanitarian issue.

Member	Party at vote	Seat	Position
Mary Peltola	D	AK-AL	Yea
Jerry Carl	R	AL-1	Yea
Barry Moore	R	AL-2	Yea
Mike Rogers	R	AL-3	Yea
Robert Aderholt	R	AL-4	Yea
Mo Brooks	R	AL-5	Nay
Gary Palmer	R	AL-6	Yea
Terri Sewell	D	AL-7	Yea
Rick Crawford	R	AR-1	Yea
J. Hill	R	AR-2	Yea
Steve Womack	R	AR-3	Yea
Bruce Westerman	R	AR-4	Yea
Tom O’Halleran	D	AZ-1	Yea
Ann Kirkpatrick	D	AZ-2	Yea
Raúl Grijalva	D	AZ-3	Yea
Paul Gosar	R	AZ-4	Nay
Andy Biggs	R	AZ-5	Nay
David Schweikert	R	AZ-6	Yea
Ruben Gallego	D	AZ-7	Yea
Debbie Lesko	R	AZ-8	Yea
Greg Stanton	D	AZ-9	Yea
Doug LaMalfa	R	CA-1	Yea
Josh Harder	D	CA-10	Yea
Mark DeSaulnier	D	CA-11	Yea
Barbara Lee	D	CA-13	Yea
Jackie Speier	D	CA-14	Yea
Eric Swalwell	D	CA-15	Yea
Jim Costa	D	CA-16	Yea
Ro Khanna	D	CA-17	Yea
Anna Eshoo	D	CA-18	Yea
Zoe Lofgren	D	CA-19	Yea
Jared Huffman	D	CA-2	Yea
Jimmy Panetta	D	CA-20	Yea
David Valadao	R	CA-21	Yea
Connie Conway	R	CA-22	Yea
Kevin McCarthy	R	CA-23	Yea
Salud Carbajal	D	CA-24	Yea
Mike Garcia	R	CA-25	Yea
Julia Brownley	D	CA-26	Yea
Judy Chu	D	CA-27	Yea
Adam Schiff	D	CA-28	Yea
Tony Cárdenas	D	CA-29	Yea
John Garamendi	D	CA-3	Yea
Brad Sherman	D	CA-30	Yea
Pete Aguilar	D	CA-31	Yea
Grace Napolitano	D	CA-32	Yea
Ted Lieu	D	CA-33	Yea
Jimmy Gomez	D	CA-34	Yea
Norma Torres	D	CA-35	Yea
Raul Ruiz	D	CA-36	Yea
Karen Bass	D	CA-37	Yea
Linda Sánchez	D	CA-38	Yea
Young Kim	R	CA-39	Yea
Tom McClintock	R	CA-4	Nay
Lucille Roybal-Allard	D	CA-40	Yea
Mark Takano	D	CA-41	Yea
Ken Calvert	R	CA-42	Yea
Maxine Waters	D	CA-43	Yea
Nanette Barragán	D	CA-44	Yea
Katie Porter	D	CA-45	Yea
J. Correa	D	CA-46	Yea
Alan Lowenthal	D	CA-47	Yea
Michelle Steel	R	CA-48	Yea
Mike Levin	D	CA-49	Yea
Mike Thompson	D	CA-5	Yea
Darrell Issa	R	CA-50	Yea
Juan Vargas	D	CA-51	Yea
Scott Peters	D	CA-52	Yea
Sara Jacobs	D	CA-53	Yea
Doris Matsui	D	CA-6	Yea
Ami Bera	D	CA-7	Yea
Jay Obernolte	R	CA-8	Nay
Jerry McNerney	D	CA-9	Yea
Diana DeGette	D	CO-1	Yea
Joe Neguse	D	CO-2	Yea
Lauren Boebert	R	CO-3	Yea
Ken Buck	R	CO-4	Nay
Doug Lamborn	R	CO-5	Yea
Jason Crow	D	CO-6	Yea
Ed Perlmutter	D	CO-7	Yea
John Larson	D	CT-1	Yea
Joe Courtney	D	CT-2	Yea
Rosa DeLauro	D	CT-3	Yea
Jim Himes	D	CT-4	Yea
Jahana Hayes	D	CT-5	Yea
Lisa Blunt Rochester	D	DE-AL	Yea
Matt Gaetz	R	FL-1	Yea
Val Demings	D	FL-10	Yea
Daniel Webster	R	FL-11	Yea
Gus Bilirakis	R	FL-12	Yea
Kathy Castor	D	FL-14	Yea
C. Franklin	R	FL-15	Yea
Vern Buchanan	R	FL-16	Yea
W. Steube	R	FL-17	Yea
Brian Mast	R	FL-18	Yea
Byron Donalds	R	FL-19	Nay
Neal Dunn	R	FL-2	Yea
Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick	D	FL-20	Yea
Lois Frankel	D	FL-21	Yea
Debbie Wasserman Schultz	D	FL-23	Yea
Frederica Wilson	D	FL-24	Yea
Mario Diaz-Balart	R	FL-25	Yea
Carlos Gimenez	R	FL-26	Yea
Maria Salazar	R	FL-27	Yea
Kat Cammack	R	FL-3	Yea
John Rutherford	R	FL-4	Not Voting
Al Lawson	D	FL-5	Yea
Michael Waltz	R	FL-6	Yea
Stephanie Murphy	D	FL-7	Yea
Bill Posey	R	FL-8	Not Voting
Darren Soto	D	FL-9	Yea
Buddy Carter	R	GA-1	Yea
Jody Hice	R	GA-10	Nay
Barry Loudermilk	R	GA-11	Yea
Rick Allen	R	GA-12	Yea
David Scott	D	GA-13	Yea
Marjorie Greene	R	GA-14	Nay
Sanford Bishop	D	GA-2	Yea
A. Ferguson	R	GA-3	Not Voting
Hank Johnson	D	GA-4	Yea
Nikema Williams	D	GA-5	Yea
Lucy McBath	D	GA-6	Yea
Carolyn Bourdeaux	D	GA-7	Yea
Austin Scott	R	GA-8	Yea
Andrew Clyde	R	GA-9	Nay
Ed Case	D	HI-1	Yea
Kaialiʻi Kahele	D	HI-2	Yea
Ashley Hinson	R	IA-1	Yea
Mariannette Miller-Meeks	R	IA-2	Yea
Cynthia Axne	D	IA-3	Yea
Randy Feenstra	R	IA-4	Yea
Russ Fulcher	R	ID-1	Yea
Mike Simpson	R	ID-2	Yea
Bobby Rush	D	IL-1	Yea
Brad Schneider	D	IL-10	Yea
Bill Foster	D	IL-11	Yea
Mike Bost	R	IL-12	Yea
Rodney Davis	R	IL-13	Yea
Lauren Underwood	D	IL-14	Yea
Mary Miller	R	IL-15	Nay
Adam Kinzinger	R	IL-16	Not Voting
Cheri Bustos	D	IL-17	Yea
Darin LaHood	R	IL-18	Yea
Robin Kelly	D	IL-2	Yea
Marie Newman	D	IL-3	Yea
Chuy García	D	IL-4	Yea
Mike Quigley	D	IL-5	Yea
Sean Casten	D	IL-6	Yea
Danny Davis	D	IL-7	Yea
Raja Krishnamoorthi	D	IL-8	Yea
Jan Schakowsky	D	IL-9	Yea
Frank Mrvan	D	IN-1	Yea
Rudy Yakym	R	IN-2	Yea
Jim Banks	R	IN-3	Yea
James Baird	R	IN-4	Yea
Victoria Spartz	R	IN-5	Yea
Greg Pence	R	IN-6	Yea
André Carson	D	IN-7	Yea
Larry Bucshon	R	IN-8	Not Voting
Trey Hollingsworth	R	IN-9	Yea
Tracey Mann	R	KS-1	Yea
Jake LaTurner	R	KS-2	Yea
Sharice Davids	D	KS-3	Yea
Ron Estes	R	KS-4	Yea
James Comer	R	KY-1	Yea
Brett Guthrie	R	KY-2	Yea
John Yarmuth	D	KY-3	Not Voting
Thomas Massie	R	KY-4	Yea
Hal Rogers	R	KY-5	Yea
Andy Barr	R	KY-6	Yea
Steve Scalise	R	LA-1	Yea
Troy Carter	D	LA-2	Yea
Clay Higgins	R	LA-3	Nay
Mike Johnson	R	LA-4	Yea
Julia Letlow	R	LA-5	Yea
Garret Graves	R	LA-6	Yea
Richard Neal	D	MA-1	Yea
Jim McGovern	D	MA-2	Yea
Lori Trahan	D	MA-3	Yea
Jake Auchincloss	D	MA-4	Yea
Katherine Clark	D	MA-5	Yea
Seth Moulton	D	MA-6	Yea
Ayanna Pressley	D	MA-7	Yea
Stephen Lynch	D	MA-8	Yea
William Keating	D	MA-9	Yea
Andy Harris	R	MD-1	Nay
C. Ruppersberger	D	MD-2	Yea
John Sarbanes	D	MD-3	Yea
Anthony Brown	D	MD-4	Yea
Steny Hoyer	D	MD-5	Yea
David Trone	D	MD-6	Yea
Kweisi Mfume	D	MD-7	Yea
Jamie Raskin	D	MD-8	Yea
Chellie Pingree	D	ME-1	Yea
Jared Golden	D	ME-2	Yea
Jack Bergman	R	MI-1	Not Voting
Lisa McClain	R	MI-10	Yea
Haley Stevens	D	MI-11	Yea
Debbie Dingell	D	MI-12	Yea
Rashida Tlaib	D	MI-13	Yea
Brenda Lawrence	D	MI-14	Yea
Bill Huizenga	R	MI-2	Yea
Peter Meijer	R	MI-3	Not Voting
John Moolenaar	R	MI-4	Yea
Daniel Kildee	D	MI-5	Yea
Fred Upton	R	MI-6	Yea
Tim Walberg	R	MI-7	Yea
Elissa Slotkin	D	MI-8	Yea
Andy Levin	D	MI-9	Yea
Brad Finstad	R	MN-1	Yea
Angie Craig	D	MN-2	Yea
Dean Phillips	D	MN-3	Yea
Betty McCollum	D	MN-4	Yea
Ilhan Omar	D	MN-5	Yea
Tom Emmer	R	MN-6	Yea
Michelle Fischbach	R	MN-7	Yea
Pete Stauber	R	MN-8	Yea
Cori Bush	D	MO-1	Yea
Ann Wagner	R	MO-2	Yea
Blaine Luetkemeyer	R	MO-3	Yea
Vicky Hartzler	R	MO-4	Yea
Emanuel Cleaver	D	MO-5	Yea
Sam Graves	R	MO-6	Yea
Billy Long	R	MO-7	Yea
Jason Smith	R	MO-8	Yea
Trent Kelly	R	MS-1	Yea
Bennie Thompson	D	MS-2	Yea
Michael Guest	R	MS-3	Yea
Steven Palazzo	R	MS-4	Yea
Matthew Rosendale	R	MT-AL	Nay
G.K. Butterfield	D	NC-1	Yea
Patrick McHenry	R	NC-10	Yea
Madison Cawthorn	R	NC-11	Yea
Alma Adams	D	NC-12	Yea
Ted Budd	R	NC-13	Yea
Deborah Ross	D	NC-2	Yea
Gregory Murphy	R	NC-3	Yea
David Price	D	NC-4	Yea
Virginia Foxx	R	NC-5	Yea
Kathy Manning	D	NC-6	Yea
David Rouzer	R	NC-7	Yea
Richard Hudson	R	NC-8	Yea
Dan Bishop	R	NC-9	Nay
Kelly Armstrong	R	ND-AL	Yea
Mike Flood	R	NE-1	Yea
Don Bacon	R	NE-2	Yea
Adrian Smith	R	NE-3	Yea
Chris Pappas	D	NH-1	Yea
Ann Kuster	D	NH-2	Yea
Donald Norcross	D	NJ-1	Yea
Donald Payne	D	NJ-10	Yea
Mikie Sherrill	D	NJ-11	Yea
Bonnie Watson Coleman	D	NJ-12	Yea
Jefferson Van Drew	R	NJ-2	Yea
Andy Kim	D	NJ-3	Yea
Chris Smith	R	NJ-4	Yea
Josh Gottheimer	D	NJ-5	Yea
Frank Pallone	D	NJ-6	Yea
Tom Malinowski	D	NJ-7	Yea
Albio Sires	D	NJ-8	Yea
Bill Pascrell	D	NJ-9	Yea
Melanie Stansbury	D	NM-1	Yea
Yvette Herrell	R	NM-2	Yea
Teresa Leger Fernandez	D	NM-3	Yea
Dina Titus	D	NV-1	Yea
Mark Amodei	R	NV-2	Yea
Susie Lee	D	NV-3	Yea
Steven Horsford	D	NV-4	Yea
Lee Zeldin	R	NY-1	Yea
Jerrold Nadler	D	NY-10	Yea
Nicole Malliotakis	R	NY-11	Yea
Carolyn Maloney	D	NY-12	Yea
Adriano Espaillat	D	NY-13	Yea
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez	D	NY-14	Yea
Ritchie Torres	D	NY-15	Yea
Jamaal Bowman	D	NY-16	Yea
Mondaire Jones	D	NY-17	Yea
Sean Maloney	D	NY-18	Yea
Patrick Ryan	D	NY-19	Yea
Andrew Garbarino	R	NY-2	Yea
Paul Tonko	D	NY-20	Yea
Elise Stefanik	R	NY-21	Yea
Claudia Tenney	R	NY-22	Nay
Joseph Sempolinski	R	NY-23	Yea
John Katko	R	NY-24	Yea
Joseph Morelle	D	NY-25	Yea
Brian Higgins	D	NY-26	Yea
Chris Jacobs	R	NY-27	Yea
Thomas Suozzi	D	NY-3	Yea
Kathleen Rice	D	NY-4	Yea
Gregory Meeks	D	NY-5	Yea
Grace Meng	D	NY-6	Yea
Nydia Velázquez	D	NY-7	Yea
Hakeem Jeffries	D	NY-8	Yea
Yvette Clarke	D	NY-9	Yea
Steve Chabot	R	OH-1	Yea
Michael Turner	R	OH-10	Yea
Shontel Brown	D	OH-11	Yea
Troy Balderson	R	OH-12	Yea
Tim Ryan	D	OH-13	Yea
David Joyce	R	OH-14	Yea
Mike Carey	R	OH-15	Yea
Anthony Gonzalez	R	OH-16	Yea
Brad Wenstrup	R	OH-2	Yea
Joyce Beatty	D	OH-3	Yea
Jim Jordan	R	OH-4	Yea
Robert Latta	R	OH-5	Yea
Bill Johnson	R	OH-6	Yea
Bob Gibbs	R	OH-7	Yea
Warren Davidson	R	OH-8	Nay
Marcy Kaptur	D	OH-9	Yea
Kevin Hern	R	OK-1	Yea
Markwayne Mullin	R	OK-2	Yea
Frank Lucas	R	OK-3	Yea
Tom Cole	R	OK-4	Yea
Stephanie Bice	R	OK-5	Yea
Suzanne Bonamici	D	OR-1	Yea
Cliff Bentz	R	OR-2	Yea
Earl Blumenauer	D	OR-3	Yea
Peter DeFazio	D	OR-4	Yea
Kurt Schrader	D	OR-5	Yea
Brian Fitzpatrick	R	PA-1	Yea
Scott Perry	R	PA-10	Yea
Lloyd Smucker	R	PA-11	Yea
Fred Keller	R	PA-12	Yea
John Joyce	R	PA-13	Yea
Guy Reschenthaler	R	PA-14	Yea
Glenn Thompson	R	PA-15	Yea
Mike Kelly	R	PA-16	Yea
Conor Lamb	D	PA-17	Yea
Michael Doyle	D	PA-18	Yea
Brendan Boyle	D	PA-2	Yea
Dwight Evans	D	PA-3	Yea
Madeleine Dean	D	PA-4	Yea
Mary Scanlon	D	PA-5	Yea
Chrissy Houlahan	D	PA-6	Yea
Susan Wild	D	PA-7	Yea
Matt Cartwright	D	PA-8	Yea
Daniel Meuser	R	PA-9	Yea
David Cicilline	D	RI-1	Yea
Jim Langevin	D	RI-2	Yea
Nancy Mace	R	SC-1	Yea
Joe Wilson	R	SC-2	Not Voting
Jeff Duncan	R	SC-3	Yea
William Timmons	R	SC-4	Yea
Ralph Norman	R	SC-5	Nay
Jim Clyburn	D	SC-6	Yea
Tom Rice	R	SC-7	Yea
Dusty Johnson	R	SD-AL	Yea
Diana Harshbarger	R	TN-1	Nay
Tim Burchett	R	TN-2	Yea
Chuck Fleischmann	R	TN-3	Yea
Scott DesJarlais	R	TN-4	Yea
Jim Cooper	D	TN-5	Yea
John Rose	R	TN-6	Yea
Mark Green	R	TN-7	Yea
David Kustoff	R	TN-8	Yea
Steve Cohen	D	TN-9	Yea
Louie Gohmert	R	TX-1	Nay
Michael McCaul	R	TX-10	Yea
August Pfluger	R	TX-11	Yea
Kay Granger	R	TX-12	Yea
Ronny Jackson	R	TX-13	Yea
Randy Weber	R	TX-14	Yea
Vicente Gonzalez	D	TX-15	Yea
Veronica Escobar	D	TX-16	Yea
Pete Sessions	R	TX-17	Yea
Sheila Jackson Lee	D	TX-18	Yea
Jodey Arrington	R	TX-19	Yea
Dan Crenshaw	R	TX-2	Yea
Joaquin Castro	D	TX-20	Yea
Chip Roy	R	TX-21	Nay
Troy Nehls	R	TX-22	Yea
Tony Gonzales	R	TX-23	Yea
Beth Van Duyne	R	TX-24	Yea
Roger Williams	R	TX-25	Yea
Michael Burgess	R	TX-26	Yea
Michael Cloud	R	TX-27	Nay
Henry Cuellar	D	TX-28	Yea
Sylvia Garcia	D	TX-29	Yea
Van Taylor	R	TX-3	Yea
Eddie Johnson	D	TX-30	Yea
John Carter	R	TX-31	Yea
Colin Allred	D	TX-32	Yea
Marc Veasey	D	TX-33	Yea
Mayra Flores	R	TX-34	Yea
Lloyd Doggett	D	TX-35	Yea
Brian Babin	R	TX-36	Yea
Pat Fallon	R	TX-4	Yea
Lance Gooden	R	TX-5	Yea
Jake Ellzey	R	TX-6	Yea
Lizzie Fletcher	D	TX-7	Yea
Kevin Brady	R	TX-8	Yea
Al Green	D	TX-9	Yea
Blake Moore	R	UT-1	Yea
Chris Stewart	R	UT-2	Yea
John Curtis	R	UT-3	Yea
Burgess Owens	R	UT-4	Yea
Robert Wittman	R	VA-1	Yea
Jennifer Wexton	D	VA-10	Yea
Gerald Connolly	D	VA-11	Yea
Elaine Luria	D	VA-2	Yea
Bobby Scott	D	VA-3	Not Voting
Bob Good	R	VA-5	Yea
Ben Cline	R	VA-6	Yea
Abigail Spanberger	D	VA-7	Yea
Donald Beyer	D	VA-8	Yea
H. Griffith	R	VA-9	Nay
Peter Welch	D	VT-AL	Yea
Suzan DelBene	D	WA-1	Yea
Marilyn Strickland	D	WA-10	Yea
Rick Larsen	D	WA-2	Yea
Jaime Herrera Beutler	R	WA-3	Yea
Dan Newhouse	R	WA-4	Yea
Cathy McMorris Rodgers	R	WA-5	Yea
Derek Kilmer	D	WA-6	Yea
Pramila Jayapal	D	WA-7	Yea
Kim Schrier	D	WA-8	Yea
Adam Smith	D	WA-9	Yea
Bryan Steil	R	WI-1	Yea
Mark Pocan	D	WI-2	Yea
Ron Kind	D	WI-3	Yea
Gwen Moore	D	WI-4	Yea
Scott Fitzgerald	R	WI-5	Yea
Glenn Grothman	R	WI-6	Nay
Thomas Tiffany	R	WI-7	Yea
Mike Gallagher	R	WI-8	Yea
David McKinley	R	WV-1	Yea
Alexander Mooney	R	WV-2	Yea
Carol Miller	R	WV-3	Yea
Liz Cheney	R	WY-AL	Not Voting

Patents for Humanity Act of 2022

Latest vote · House · Dec 6, 2022