Small Business Innovation Protection Act of 2017
Latest action · Jul 11, 2018 Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 507.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMay 25, 2017
- Passed HouseJul 10, 2018
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
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.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Mar 8, 2018.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Mar 8, 2018 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Small Business Committee | Referred May 25, 2017Markup Mar 14, 2018Reported May 1, 2018 |
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred May 25, 2017Discharged May 29, 2018 |
| Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet Subcommittee | Referred Jun 26, 2017 |
Actions 15
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 11, 2018Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 507.
- Jul 10, 2018Mr. Chabot moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Jul 10, 2018Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6030-6032)
- Jul 10, 2018DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2655.
- Jul 10, 2018Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6030-6031)
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H6030–H6032Text printed H6030 | Alma S. Adams D-NC, Dwight Evans D-PA, Steve Chabot R-OH | Jul 10, 2018 |
| House | Debate and remarks H397 | Brian K. Fitzpatrick R-PA | Jan 12, 2017 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Apr 19, 2018H.R. 2655, Small Business Innovation Protection Act of 2017As reported by the House Committee on Small Business on March 14, 2018
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 91, May 25, 2017, page H4607.
Printed hearings 3
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| 115-83 | INNOVATION NATION: HOW SMALL BUSINESSES IN THE DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY USE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY83 pages | Small Business Committee | Jul 11, 2018 |
| 115-72 | INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 101: HOW SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS CAN UTILIZE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROTECTIONS IN THEIR BUSINESSES67 pages | Small Business Committee | May 16, 2018 |
| H.A.S.C. No. 115-96 | Member Day89 pages | Armed Services Committee | Apr 11, 2018 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 791 | Small Business Innovation Protection Act of 2017 | Related bill | Dec 19, 2018 |
| HR 4319 | Fairness to Veterans for Infrastructure Investment Act of 2017 | Related bill | Nov 13, 2017 |
Titles 4
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Small Business Act to expand intellectual property education and training for small businesses, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Small Business Innovation Protection Act of 2017
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Small Business Innovation Protection Act of 2017
- Short Titles as Passed House
- Small Business Innovation Protection Act of 2017
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commerce.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 11, 2018Placed on Calendar Senate
- Jul 10, 2018Engrossed in House
- May 29, 2018Reported in House
- May 25, 2017Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
