substantiveDec 6, 2022 · House roll call · amendment · Result: Passed
On the Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment — H R 5796 — Patents for Humanity Act
Patents for Humanity Act of 2022
In plain language
- House bill in the 117th Congress.
- Provides statutory authority for a program to award certificates that may be used to accelerate certain proceedings.
- House amendment vote passed on Dec 6, 2022 (substantive).
Official summary (Congressional Research Service)
Patents for Humanity Act of 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. 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.
Roll-call breakdown
Yea396
Democrat: 216 · Republican: 180
Nay24
Republican: 24
Present0
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Not Voting11
Democrat: 2 · Republican: 9
How each member voted (431)
Yea (396)
- Abigail Davis Spanberger (Democrat–VA)
- Adam B. Schiff (Democrat–CA)
- Adam Smith (Democrat–WA)
- Adrian Smith (Republican–NE)
- Adriano Espaillat (Democrat–NY)
- Al Green (Democrat–TX)
- Al Lawson, Jr. (Democrat–FL)
- Alan S. Lowenthal (Democrat–CA)
- Albio Sires (Democrat–NJ)
- Alexander X. Mooney (Republican–WV)
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (Democrat–NY)
- Alma S. Adams (Democrat–NC)
- Ami Bera (Democrat–CA)
- André Carson (Democrat–IN)
- Andrew R. Garbarino (Republican–NY)
- Andy Barr (Republican–KY)
- Andy Kim (Democrat–NJ)
- Andy Levin (Democrat–MI)
- Angie Craig (Democrat–MN)
- Ann Kirkpatrick (Democrat–AZ)
- Ann M. Kuster (Democrat–NH)
- Ann Wagner (Republican–MO)
- Anna G. Eshoo (Democrat–CA)
- Anthony G. Brown (Democrat–MD)
- Anthony Gonzalez (Republican–OH)
- Ashley Hinson (Republican–IA)
- August Pfluger (Republican–TX)
- Austin Scott (Republican–GA)
- Ayanna Pressley (Democrat–MA)
- Barbara Lee (Democrat–CA)
- Barry Loudermilk (Republican–GA)
- Barry Moore (Republican–AL)
- Ben Cline (Republican–VA)
- Bennie G. Thompson (Democrat–MS)
- Beth Van Duyne (Republican–TX)
- Betty McCollum (Democrat–MN)
- Bill Foster (Democrat–IL)
- Bill Huizenga (Republican–MI)
- Bill Johnson (Republican–OH)
- Bill Pascrell, Jr. (Democrat–NJ)
- Billy Long (Republican–MO)
- Blaine Luetkemeyer (Republican–MO)
- Blake D. Moore (Republican–UT)
- Bob Gibbs (Republican–OH)
- Bob Good (Republican–VA)
- Bobby L. Rush (Democrat–IL)
- Bonnie Watson Coleman (Democrat–NJ)
- Brad Finstad (Republican–MN)
- Brad R. Wenstrup (Republican–OH)
- Brad Sherman (Democrat–CA)
- Bradley Scott Schneider (Democrat–IL)
- Brenda L. Lawrence (Democrat–MI)
- Brendan F. Boyle (Democrat–PA)
- Brett Guthrie (Republican–KY)
- Brian Babin (Republican–TX)
- Brian Higgins (Democrat–NY)
- Brian J. Mast (Republican–FL)
- Brian K. Fitzpatrick (Republican–PA)
- Bruce Westerman (Republican–AR)
- Bryan Steil (Republican–WI)
- Burgess Owens (Republican–UT)
- C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger (Democrat–MD)
- Carlos A. Gimenez (Republican–FL)
- Carol D. Miller (Republican–WV)
- Carolyn B. Maloney (Democrat–NY)
- Carolyn Bourdeaux (Democrat–GA)
- Cathy McMorris Rodgers (Republican–WA)
- Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann (Republican–TN)
- Chellie Pingree (Democrat–ME)
- Cheri Bustos (Democrat–IL)
- Chris Jacobs (Republican–NY)
- Chris Pappas (Democrat–NH)
- Chris Stewart (Republican–UT)
- Chrissy Houlahan (Democrat–PA)
- Christopher H. Smith (Republican–NJ)
- Cliff Bentz (Republican–OR)
- Colin Z. Allred (Democrat–TX)
- Connie Conway (Republican–CA)
- Conor Lamb (Democrat–PA)
- Cori Bush (Democrat–MO)
- Cynthia Axne (Democrat–IA)
- Dan Crenshaw (Republican–TX)
- Dan Newhouse (Republican–WA)
- Daniel Meuser (Republican–PA)
- Daniel T. Kildee (Democrat–MI)
- Daniel Webster (Republican–FL)
- Danny K. Davis (Democrat–IL)
- Darin LaHood (Republican–IL)
- Darrell Issa (Republican–CA)
- Darren Soto (Democrat–FL)
- David B. McKinley (Republican–WV)
- David E. Price (Democrat–NC)
- David G. Valadao (Republican–CA)
- David J. Trone (Democrat–MD)
- David Kustoff (Republican–TN)
- David N. Cicilline (Democrat–RI)
- David P. Joyce (Republican–OH)
- David Rouzer (Republican–NC)
- David Schweikert (Republican–AZ)
- David Scott (Democrat–GA)
- Dean Phillips (Democrat–MN)
- Debbie Dingell (Democrat–MI)
- Debbie Lesko (Republican–AZ)
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Democrat–FL)
- Deborah K. Ross (Democrat–NC)
- Derek Kilmer (Democrat–WA)
- Diana DeGette (Democrat–CO)
- Dina Titus (Democrat–NV)
- Don Bacon (Republican–NE)
- Donald M. Payne, Jr. (Democrat–NJ)
- Donald Norcross (Democrat–NJ)
- Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (Democrat–VA)
- Doris O. Matsui (Democrat–CA)
- Doug LaMalfa (Republican–CA)
- Doug Lamborn (Republican–CO)
- Dusty Johnson (Republican–SD)
- Dwight Evans (Democrat–PA)
- Earl Blumenauer (Democrat–OR)
- Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (Republican–GA)
- Ed Case (Democrat–HI)
- Ed Perlmutter (Democrat–CO)
- Eddie Bernice Johnson (Democrat–TX)
- Elaine G. Luria (Democrat–VA)
- Elise M. Stefanik (Republican–NY)
- Elissa Slotkin (Democrat–MI)
- Emanuel Cleaver (Democrat–MO)
- Eric A. "Rick" Crawford (Republican–AR)
- Eric Swalwell (Democrat–CA)
- Frank D. Lucas (Republican–OK)
- Frank J. Mrvan (Democrat–IN)
- Frank Pallone, Jr. (Democrat–NJ)
- Fred Keller (Republican–PA)
- Fred Upton (Republican–MI)
- Frederica S. Wilson (Democrat–FL)
- G. K. Butterfield (Democrat–NC)
- Garret Graves (Republican–LA)
- Gary J. Palmer (Republican–AL)
- Gerald E. Connolly (Democrat–VA)
- Glenn Thompson (Republican–PA)
- Grace F. Napolitano (Democrat–CA)
- Grace Meng (Democrat–NY)
- Greg Pence (Republican–IN)
- Greg Stanton (Democrat–AZ)
- Gregory F. Murphy (Republican–NC)
- Gregory W. Meeks (Democrat–NY)
- Gus M. Bilirakis (Republican–FL)
- Guy Reschenthaler (Republican–PA)
- Gwen Moore (Democrat–WI)
- Hakeem S. Jeffries (Democrat–NY)
- Haley M. Stevens (Democrat–MI)
- Harold Rogers (Republican–KY)
- Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (Democrat–GA)
- Henry Cuellar (Democrat–TX)
- Ilhan Omar (Democrat–MN)
- J. French Hill (Republican–AR)
- J. Luis Correa (Democrat–CA)
- Jackie Speier (Democrat–CA)
- Jahana Hayes (Democrat–CT)
- Jaime Herrera Beutler (Republican–WA)
- Jake Auchincloss (Democrat–MA)
- Jake Ellzey (Republican–TX)
- Jake LaTurner (Republican–KS)
- Jamaal Bowman (Democrat–NY)
- James A. Himes (Democrat–CT)
- James Comer (Republican–KY)
- James E. Clyburn (Democrat–SC)
- James P. McGovern (Democrat–MA)
- James R. Baird (Republican–IN)
- James R. Langevin (Democrat–RI)
- Jamie Raskin (Democrat–MD)
- Janice D. Schakowsky (Democrat–IL)
- Jared F. Golden (Democrat–ME)
- Jared Huffman (Democrat–CA)
- Jason Crow (Democrat–CO)
- Jason Smith (Republican–MO)
- Jeff Duncan (Republican–SC)
- Jefferson Van Drew (Republican–NJ)
- Jennifer Wexton (Democrat–VA)
- Jerrold Nadler (Democrat–NY)
- Jerry L. Carl (Republican–AL)
- Jerry McNerney (Democrat–CA)
- Jesús G. "Chuy" García (Democrat–IL)
- Jim Banks (Republican–IN)
- Jim Cooper (Democrat–TN)
- Jim Costa (Democrat–CA)
- Jim Jordan (Republican–OH)
- Jimmy Gomez (Democrat–CA)
- Jimmy Panetta (Democrat–CA)
- Joaquin Castro (Democrat–TX)
- Jodey C. Arrington (Republican–TX)
- Joe Courtney (Democrat–CT)
- Joe Neguse (Democrat–CO)
- John B. Larson (Democrat–CT)
- John Garamendi (Democrat–CA)
- John Joyce (Republican–PA)
- John Katko (Republican–NY)
- John P. Sarbanes (Democrat–MD)
- John R. Carter (Republican–TX)
- John R. Curtis (Republican–UT)
- John R. Moolenaar (Republican–MI)
- John W. Rose (Republican–TN)
- Joseph D. Morelle (Democrat–NY)
- Joseph Sempolinski (Republican–NY)
- Josh Gottheimer (Democrat–NJ)
- Josh Harder (Democrat–CA)
- Joyce Beatty (Democrat–OH)
- Juan Vargas (Democrat–CA)
- Judy Chu (Democrat–CA)
- Julia Brownley (Democrat–CA)
- Julia Letlow (Republican–LA)
- Kaiali’i Kahele (Democrat–HI)
- Karen Bass (Democrat–CA)
- Kat Cammack (Republican–FL)
- Katherine M. Clark (Democrat–MA)
- Kathleen M. Rice (Democrat–NY)
- Kathy Castor (Democrat–FL)
- Kathy E. Manning (Democrat–NC)
- Katie Porter (Democrat–CA)
- Kay Granger (Republican–TX)
- Kelly Armstrong (Republican–ND)
- Ken Calvert (Republican–CA)
- Kevin Brady (Republican–TX)
- Kevin Hern (Republican–OK)
- Kevin McCarthy (Republican–CA)
- Kim Schrier (Democrat–WA)
- Kurt Schrader (Democrat–OR)
- Kweisi Mfume (Democrat–MD)
- Lance Gooden (Republican–TX)
- Lauren Boebert (Republican–CO)
- Lauren Underwood (Democrat–IL)
- Lee M. Zeldin (Republican–NY)
- Linda T. Sánchez (Democrat–CA)
- Lisa Blunt Rochester (Democrat–DE)
- Lisa C. McClain (Republican–MI)
- Lizzie Fletcher (Democrat–TX)
- Lloyd Doggett (Democrat–TX)
- Lloyd Smucker (Republican–PA)
- Lois Frankel (Democrat–FL)
- Lori Trahan (Democrat–MA)
- Lucille Roybal-Allard (Democrat–CA)
- Lucy McBath (Democrat–GA)
- Madeleine Dean (Democrat–PA)
- Madison Cawthorn (Republican–NC)
- Marc A. Veasey (Democrat–TX)
- Marcy Kaptur (Democrat–OH)
- Maria Elvira Salazar (Republican–FL)
- Mariannette Miller-Meeks (Republican–IA)
- Marie Newman (Democrat–IL)
- Marilyn Strickland (Democrat–WA)
- Mario Diaz-Balart (Republican–FL)
- Mark DeSaulnier (Democrat–CA)
- Mark E. Amodei (Republican–NV)
- Mark E. Green (Republican–TN)
- Mark Pocan (Democrat–WI)
- Mark Takano (Democrat–CA)
- Markwayne Mullin (Republican–OK)
- Mary Gay Scanlon (Democrat–PA)
- Mary Sattler Peltola (Democrat–AK)
- Matt Cartwright (Democrat–PA)
- Matt Gaetz (Republican–FL)
- Maxine Waters (Democrat–CA)
- Mayra Flores (Republican–TX)
- Melanie A. Stansbury (Democrat–NM)
- Michael C. Burgess (Republican–TX)
- Michael F. Doyle (Democrat–PA)
- Michael Guest (Republican–MS)
- Michael K. Simpson (Republican–ID)
- Michael R. Turner (Republican–OH)
- Michael T. McCaul (Republican–TX)
- Michael Waltz (Republican–FL)
- Michelle Fischbach (Republican–MN)
- Michelle Steel (Republican–CA)
- Mike Bost (Republican–IL)
- Mike Carey (Republican–OH)
- Mike Flood (Republican–NE)
- Mike Gallagher (Republican–WI)
- Mike Garcia (Republican–CA)
- Mike Johnson (Republican–LA)
- Mike Kelly (Republican–PA)
- Mike Levin (Democrat–CA)
- Mike Quigley (Democrat–IL)
- Mike Rogers (Republican–AL)
- Mike Thompson (Democrat–CA)
- Mikie Sherrill (Democrat–NJ)
- Mondaire Jones (Democrat–NY)
- Nancy Mace (Republican–SC)
- Nanette Diaz Barragán (Democrat–CA)
- Neal P. Dunn (Republican–FL)
- Nicole Malliotakis (Republican–NY)
- Nikema Williams (Democrat–GA)
- Norma J. Torres (Democrat–CA)
- Nydia M. Velázquez (Democrat–NY)
- Pat Fallon (Republican–TX)
- Patrick Ryan (Democrat–NY)
- Patrick T. McHenry (Republican–NC)
- Paul Tonko (Democrat–NY)
- Pete Aguilar (Democrat–CA)
- Pete Sessions (Republican–TX)
- Pete Stauber (Republican–MN)
- Peter A. DeFazio (Democrat–OR)
- Peter Welch (Democrat–VT)
- Pramila Jayapal (Democrat–WA)
- Raja Krishnamoorthi (Democrat–IL)
- Randy Feenstra (Republican–IA)
- Randy K. Weber, Sr. (Republican–TX)
- Rashida Tlaib (Democrat–MI)
- Raúl M. Grijalva (Democrat–AZ)
- Raul Ruiz (Democrat–CA)
- Richard E. Neal (Democrat–MA)
- Richard Hudson (Republican–NC)
- Rick Larsen (Democrat–WA)
- Rick W. Allen (Republican–GA)
- Ritchie Torres (Democrat–NY)
- Ro Khanna (Democrat–CA)
- Robert B. Aderholt (Republican–AL)
- Robert E. Latta (Republican–OH)
- Robert J. Wittman (Republican–VA)
- Robin L. Kelly (Democrat–IL)
- Rodney Davis (Republican–IL)
- Roger Williams (Republican–TX)
- Ron Estes (Republican–KS)
- Ron Kind (Democrat–WI)
- Ronny Jackson (Republican–TX)
- Rosa L. DeLauro (Democrat–CT)
- Ruben Gallego (Democrat–AZ)
- Rudy Yakym III (Republican–IN)
- Russ Fulcher (Republican–ID)
- Salud O. Carbajal (Democrat–CA)
- Sam Graves (Republican–MO)
- Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (Democrat–GA)
- Sara Jacobs (Democrat–CA)
- Scott DesJarlais (Republican–TN)
- Scott Fitzgerald (Republican–WI)
- Scott Franklin (Republican–FL)
- Scott H. Peters (Democrat–CA)
- Scott Perry (Republican–PA)
- Sean Casten (Democrat–IL)
- Sean Patrick Maloney (Democrat–NY)
- Seth Moulton (Democrat–MA)
- Sharice Davids (Democrat–KS)
- Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (Democrat–FL)
- Sheila Jackson Lee (Democrat–TX)
- Shontel M. Brown (Democrat–OH)
- Steny H. Hoyer (Democrat–MD)
- Stephanie I. Bice (Republican–OK)
- Stephanie N. Murphy (Democrat–FL)
- Stephen F. Lynch (Democrat–MA)
- Steve Chabot (Republican–OH)
- Steve Cohen (Democrat–TN)
- Steve Scalise (Republican–LA)
- Steve Womack (Republican–AR)
- Steven Horsford (Democrat–NV)
- Steven M. Palazzo (Republican–MS)
- Susan Wild (Democrat–PA)
- Susie Lee (Democrat–NV)
- Suzan K. DelBene (Democrat–WA)
- Suzanne Bonamici (Democrat–OR)
- Sylvia R. Garcia (Democrat–TX)
- Ted Budd (Republican–NC)
- Ted Lieu (Democrat–CA)
- Teresa Leger Fernandez (Democrat–NM)
- Terri A. Sewell (Democrat–AL)
- Thomas Massie (Republican–KY)
- Thomas P. Tiffany (Republican–WI)
- Thomas R. Suozzi (Democrat–NY)
- Tim Burchett (Republican–TN)
- Tim Ryan (Democrat–OH)
- Tim Walberg (Republican–MI)
- Tom Cole (Republican–OK)
- Tom Emmer (Republican–MN)
- Tom Malinowski (Democrat–NJ)
- Tom O’Halleran (Democrat–AZ)
- Tom Rice (Republican–SC)
- Tony Cárdenas (Democrat–CA)
- Tony Gonzales (Republican–TX)
- Tracey Mann (Republican–KS)
- Trent Kelly (Republican–MS)
- Trey Hollingsworth (Republican–IN)
- Troy A. Carter (Democrat–LA)
- Troy Balderson (Republican–OH)
- Troy E. Nehls (Republican–TX)
- Val Butler Demings (Democrat–FL)
- Van Taylor (Republican–TX)
- Vern Buchanan (Republican–FL)
- Veronica Escobar (Democrat–TX)
- Vicente Gonzalez (Democrat–TX)
- Vicky Hartzler (Republican–MO)
- Victoria Spartz (Republican–IN)
- Virginia Foxx (Republican–NC)
- W. Gregory Steube (Republican–FL)
- William R. Keating (Democrat–MA)
- William R. Timmons IV (Republican–SC)
- Young Kim (Republican–CA)
- Yvette D. Clarke (Democrat–NY)
- Yvette Herrell (Republican–NM)
- Zoe Lofgren (Democrat–CA)
Nay (24)
- Andrew S. Clyde (Republican–GA)
- Andy Biggs (Republican–AZ)
- Andy Harris (Republican–MD)
- Byron Donalds (Republican–FL)
- Chip Roy (Republican–TX)
- Claudia Tenney (Republican–NY)
- Clay Higgins (Republican–LA)
- Dan Bishop (Republican–NC)
- Diana Harshbarger (Republican–TN)
- Glenn Grothman (Republican–WI)
- H. Morgan Griffith (Republican–VA)
- Jay Obernolte (Republican–CA)
- Jody B. Hice (Republican–GA)
- Ken Buck (Republican–CO)
- Louie Gohmert (Republican–TX)
- Marjorie Taylor Greene (Republican–GA)
- Mary E. Miller (Republican–IL)
- Matthew M. Rosendale, Sr. (Republican–MT)
- Michael Cloud (Republican–TX)
- Mo Brooks (Republican–AL)
- Paul A. Gosar (Republican–AZ)
- Ralph Norman (Republican–SC)
- Tom McClintock (Republican–CA)
- Warren Davidson (Republican–OH)
Not Voting (11)
- A. Drew Ferguson IV (Republican–GA)
- Adam Kinzinger (Republican–IL)
- Bill Posey (Republican–FL)
- Jack Bergman (Republican–MI)
- Joe Wilson (Republican–SC)
- John A. Yarmuth (Democrat–KY)
- John H. Rutherford (Republican–FL)
- Larry Bucshon (Republican–IN)
- Liz Cheney (Republican–WY)
- Peter Meijer (Republican–MI)
- Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (Democrat–VA)
Party labels reflect each member’s most recent affiliation on record.