HR 6986 — To address patent thickets.
Congress 118
Latest action: — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Sponsors
- Burgess, Michael C. (R, TX-26) — cosponsor
- Fallon, Pat (R, TX-4) — cosponsor
- Jayapal, Pramila (D, WA-7) — cosponsor
Action timeline
- · H11100 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- · Intro-H — Introduced in House
- · 1000 — Introduced in House
Text versions
- Introduced in House · 2024-01-12 — open
Connected on the graph
Inbound (3)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Burgess, Michael C. | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Fallon, Pat | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Jayapal, Pramila | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jayapal, Pramila (D, house WA-7) | cosponsor | 3 | — | 4 |
| 2 | Burgess, Michael C. (R, house TX-26) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Fallon, Pat (R, house TX-4) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Who's influencing them
Orgs ranked by combined money flow on this bill: LDA filings citing the bill + individual contributions in cycle 2026from donors whose employer matches the org name (Schedule A) to any principal committee in the "who matters" list above.
| # | Org | LDA filings | LDA spend | Donor employees | Employee donations | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not employed | 0 | $0 | 121 | $10,757 | $10,757 |
| 2 | self employed | 0 | $0 | 12 | $5,551 | $5,551 |
| 3 | google inc. | 0 | $0 | 1 | $600 | $600 |
| 4 | applovin | 0 | $0 | 1 | $500 | $500 |
| 5 | starbucks | 0 | $0 | 1 | $500 | $500 |
| 6 | uua | 0 | $0 | 1 | $500 | $500 |
| 7 | mtnw | 0 | $0 | 1 | $500 | $500 |
| 8 | microsoft | 0 | $0 | 3 | $310 | $310 |
| 9 | edi staffing | 0 | $0 | 1 | $250 | $250 |
| 10 | ruchika | 0 | $0 | 1 | $250 | $250 |
| 11 | retired | 0 | $0 | 1 | $223 | $223 |
| 12 | none | 0 | $0 | 1 | $217 | $217 |
| 13 | seattle dept of transportation | 0 | $0 | 1 | $139 | $139 |
| 14 | leeann brown | 0 | $0 | 1 | $100 | $100 |
| 15 | king county | 0 | $0 | 1 | $100 | $100 |
| 16 | u. of california | 0 | $0 | 1 | $100 | $100 |
| 17 | renton technical college | 0 | $0 | 1 | $100 | $100 |
| 18 | dshs | 0 | $0 | 1 | $50 | $50 |
| 19 | fred hutch | 0 | $0 | 1 | $50 | $50 |
| 20 | hmc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $50 | $50 |
| 21 | king conservation district | 0 | $0 | 1 | $50 | $50 |
| 22 | oracle | 0 | $0 | 1 | $50 | $50 |
| 23 | state of az | 0 | $0 | 1 | $50 | $50 |
| 24 | immigrant legal resource center | 0 | $0 | 1 | $40 | $40 |
| 25 | hospice of humboldt | 0 | $0 | 1 | $35 | $35 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
2 predicted yes (0%) · 3 predicted no (1%) · 538 unknown (99%)
By party: · R: 1 yes / 0 no / 276 unknown · D: 1 yes / 0 no / 262 unknown · I: 0 yes / 3 no
2 high-confidence positions (voted + sponsor + cosponsor)
- Fallon, Pat (R · house · TX-4) · cosponsor
- Jayapal, Pramila (D · house · WA-7) · cosponsor
Activity
Every typed-graph event involving this entity, newest first. Each row is one edge in the influence graph; click the date to jump to its provenance.
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Fallon, Pat (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Burgess, Michael C. (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Jayapal, Pramila (cosponsor) · sponsorship