H.R. 4072 · 119th Congress

Pro Codes Act

Introduced on Jun 23, 2025 by Darrell Issa (R-CA-48). 5 cosponsors, 2 of them from another party. Latest action (Jun 23, 2025): Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Jun 23, 2025
Cosponsors
5
2 from the other party
Policy area
Commerce
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To amend title 17, United States Code, to reaffirm the importance of, and include requirements for, works incorporated by reference into law, and for other purposes.

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.

Darrell IssaR-CA-48Sponsor

Democrats · 2

Republicans · 3

Roll calls

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No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

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  1. Jun 23, 2025Introduced in House
  2. Jun 23, 2025Introduced in House
  3. Jun 23, 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.

  1. National Fire Protection Association12 reports
    $479K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION, INC$273.2K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  2. INTERNATIONAL CODE COUNCIL (ICC)6 reports
    $792.5K reported (all issues)
  3. American Society of Mechanical Engineers5 reports
    $240K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS$116.6K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  4. American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)5 reports
    $140K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS$116.6K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  5. Congressional Fire Services Institute5 reports
    $100K reported (all issues)
  6. INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE CHIEFS5 reports
    $180K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE CHIEFS, INC.$187.9K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  7. NATIONAL ELECTRICAL MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION5 reports
    Federal contractor: NATIONAL ELECTRICAL MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100%
  8. The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers5 reports
    $247K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC$3.1M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  9. ASME4 reports
    $781.9K reported (all issues)
  10. American Library Association4 reports
    $276.9K reported (all issues)
  11. Compressed Gas Association, Inc.4 reports
  12. American Concrete Institute3 reports
    $140K reported (all issues)
  13. SHEET METAL & AIR CONDITIONING CONTRACTORS NAT'L ASSN2 reports
  14. ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION1 report
    $30K reported (all issues)

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 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 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 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 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.