{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://spartz.house.gov/media/press-releases/spartzs-patents-humanity-act-passes-house-heads-presidents-desk-signature-0", "Spartz\u2019s Patents for Humanity Act Passes House, Heads to President\u2019s Desk for Signature", "2022-12-07", "2022", "2022-12", "Republican", "House", "IN", "Victoria Spartz", "S000929", "spartz.house.gov", "spartz", "https://spartz.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. - This week, H.R. 5796, the \u2018Patents for Humanity Act of 2021\u2019, led by U.S. Representative Victoria Spartz (R-IN) and Leader-Elect Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), passed the U.S. House of Representatives on a bipartisan basis. The bill will now head to President Biden\u2019s desk to be signed into law.\n\n\u201cI am proud to co-lead H.R. 5796, the Patents for Humanity Act, which passed the House this week,\u201d said Rep. Spartz. \u201cThis bill cuts red tape and streamlines regulations to promote innovation.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe framers of our constitution and the founders of our great country understood that society would benefit if we incentivize creativity and innovation. That\u2019s why Article 1, Section 8, Clause 8 of the United States Constitution gives Congress the power to create a robust intellectual property system to promote the progress of science and useful arts. The Patents for Humanity Act builds on this principle in practice by helping creators fast-track innovations that better our global community through the patent process,\u201d said Rep. Jeffries. \u201cI thank Senators Leahy and Grassley as well as Rep. Spartz for their leadership and partnership on getting this important legislation to President Biden.\u201d\n\nIf enacted, this legislation would help creators fast-track innovations for the benefit of our global community by streamlining the patent process and cutting existing bureaucratic red tape at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:32:05Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://spartz.house.gov/media/press-releases/spartzs-patents-humanity-act-passes-house-heads-presidents-desk-signature-0"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8497848175466061, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}