H.R. 3269 · 119th Congress
ETHIC Act
Introduced on May 8, 2025 by Jodey C. Arrington (R-TX-19). 9 cosponsors, 6 of them from another party. Latest action (May 8, 2025): Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- Stage
- Introduced
- Introduced
- May 8, 2025
- Cosponsors
- 9
- 6 from the other party
- Policy area
- Commerce
Progress
The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.
- Introduced
- 2Reported by committee
- 3Passed one chamber
- 4Passed both chambers
- 5Sent to the President
- 6Became law
Official title
To address patent thickets.
Summary
The Congressional Research Service has not summarized this measure yet.
Sponsor and cosponsors
Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.
Democrats · 6
- Lloyd DoggettD-TX-37original
- Pramila JayapalD-WA-7original
- Debbie DingellD-MI-6signed on May 9, 2025
- Rashida TlaibD-MI-12signed on Jul 29, 2025
- Jesús G. "Chuy" GarcíaD-IL-4signed on Apr 20, 2026
- Angie CraigD-MN-2signed on Jun 23, 2026
Republicans · 3
- Darrell IssaR-CA-48original
- August PflugerR-TX-11original
- Diana HarshbargerR-TN-1signed on Apr 6, 2026
Roll calls
Recorded votes on the measure. Most measures move by voice vote or unanimous consent, which record no individual positions.
No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.
History
Every action as published, oldest first. Roll calls link to how each member voted.
- May 8, 2025Introduced in House
- May 8, 2025Introduced in House
- May 8, 2025 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Committees
Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.
Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction
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Who lobbied on it
Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.
- PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH & MANUFACTURERS OF AMERICA8 reports$44.6M reported (all issues)
- ASSOCIATION FOR ACCESSIBLE MEDICINES5 reports$4.2M reported (all issues)
- Association of Accessible Medicines5 reports$300K reported (all issues)
- GSK (fka GLAXOSMITHKLINE INC.)5 reports$6.6M reported (all issues)
- NOVARTIS CORPORATION5 reports$9M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION$36.2M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
- The Campaign for Sustainable Rx Pricing5 reports$450K reported (all issues)
- COUNCIL FOR INNOVATION PROMOTION (C4IP)4 reports$360K reported (all issues)
- Campaign for Sustainable Drug Pricing (CSRxP)4 reports$200K reported (all issues)
- Fresenius Kabi4 reports
- Fresenius Kabi USA LLC4 reports
- JOHNSON & JOHNSON SERVICES, INC.4 reports$8.9M reported (all issues)
- AMGEN INC.3 reports
- Public Citizen3 reports$273K reported (all issues)
- AMERICAN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW ASSOCIATION (AIPLA)2 reports$20K reported (all issues)
- BIOTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION ORGANIZATION2 reports$4M reported (all issues)
- GENENTECH INC.2 reports
- KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN INC.2 reports$3.5M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN OF WASHINGTONAI match · 97%
- PHARMACEUTICAL CARE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION2 reports$6.4M reported (all issues)
- AARP1 report$4.1M reported (all issues)
- APOTEX CORP.1 report$730K reported (all issues)
- American Society of Health-System Pharmacists1 report$260K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HEALTH-SYSTEM PHARMACISTS INC$350.5K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
- Bayer Corporation (consolidated report)1 report$1.8M reported (all issues)
- CENTER FOR INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM1 report$10K reported (all issues)
- Chamber of Commerce of the U.S.A.1 report$17M reported (all issues)
- INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION1 report$50K reported (all issues)
- NFIB (National Federation of Independent Business)1 report$1.7M reported (all issues)
- T1INTERNATIONAL USA1 report
Reports filed in 2025, 2026.
Sources and method
Every figure on this page traces to these records.
- Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
- Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
- House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
- Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
- Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
- Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
- Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.