US Congress House Bill 2655 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Engrossed on July 11 2018 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2018-07-11 - Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 507.
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Small Business Innovation Protection Act of 2017 This bill directs the Small Business Administration (SBA) and the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to enter into a partnership agreement to: develop high-quality training for small business concerns related to domestic and international protection of intellectual property and how such protections should be considered in small business concerns' business plans and growth strategies, and leverage existing training materials already developed to educate inventors and small business concerns. Such training may be provided by the SBA, the USPTO, or SBA development centers (SBDCs): (1) through electronic resources, including Internet-based webinars, and (2) at physical locations, including an SBDC or the headquarters or regional office of the USPTO. The bill amends the Small Business Act to require services at an SBDC to include training, developed by the SBA and the USPTO, in person or through a website relating to: (1) domestic and international intellectual property protections, and (2) how such protections should be considered in the business plans and growth strategies of small business concerns.

Small Business Innovation Protection Act of 2017

Rep. Dwight Evans [D-PA]

Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick [R-PA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-07-11	Senate	Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 507.
2018-07-10	House	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2018-07-10	House	On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6030-6031)
2018-07-10	House	DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2655.
2018-07-10	House	Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6030-6032)
2018-07-10	House	Mr. Chabot moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
2018-05-29	House	Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 547.
2018-05-29	House	Committee on the Judiciary discharged.
2018-05-01	House	House Committee on the Judiciary Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than May 31, 2018.
2018-05-01	House	Reported by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 115-660, Part I.
2018-03-14	House	Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
2018-03-14	House	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2017-06-26	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
2017-05-25	House	Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2017-05-25	House	Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2017-05-25	House	Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2017-05-25	House	Introduced in House

SB791 (Related) 2018-12-19 - By Senator Risch from Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship filed written report. Report No. 115-435.
HB4319 (Related) 2017-11-13 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/2655/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr2655/BILLS-115hr2655ih.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr2655/BILLS-115hr2655rh.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr2655/BILLS-115hr2655eh.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr2655/BILLS-115hr2655pcs.pdf