List of intellectual property legislation proposed in the United States Congress

This is a list of proposed legislation currently or formerly pending in either house of the United States Congress that would change intellectual property laws in the United States if enacted. Bills still pending as of the end of a Congress were not passed but May Be reintroduced in subsequent Congresses.

110th Congress

• Platform Equality and Remedies for Rights Holders in Music Act of 2007 (PERFORM Act), , introduced January 11, 2007
• Intellectual Property Enhanced Criminal Enforcement Act of 2007,
• Shawn Bentley Orphan Works Act of 2008 (Orphan Works Act), , introduced April 24, 2008

109th Congress

• Audio Broadcast Flag Licensing Act, H.R. 4861, introduced March 2, 2006.

• Benefit Authors without Limiting Advancement or Net Consumer Expectations Act of 2003 (BALANCE Act), H.R. 1066 (108th Congress), introduced March 4, 2003; reintroduced as H.R. 4536 (109th Congress), December 14, 2005.

• Consumer Access to Information Act of 2004, H.R. 3872, introduced March 2, 2004.

• Copyright Modernization Act of 2006, H.R. 6052, introduced September 12, 2006.

• Database and Collections of Information Misappropriation Act, H.R. 3261, introduced October 8, 2003.

• Design Piracy Prohibition Act, H.R. 5055, introduced March 30, 2006.

• Digital Media Consumers' Rights Act, H.R. 107, introduced January 7, 2003; reintroduced as H.R. 1201, March 9, 2005.

• Digital Transition Content Security Act, H.R. 4569, introduced December 16, 2005.

• Inducing Infringement of Copyrights Act, S. 2560, introduced June 22, 2004.

• Informatics Act, H.R. 4208, introduced November 2, 2005.

• Intellectual Property Enhanced Criminal Enforcement Act of 2006, H.R. 5921, introduced July 27, 2006.

• Intellectual Property Jurisdiction Clarification Act, H.R. 2955, June 16, 2005.

• Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Act, S. 1984, November 9, 2005.

• Life-saving Medicines Export Act, S. 3175, introduced May 25, 2006.

• Orphan Works Act, H.R. 5439, introduced May 22, 2006.

• Patent Reform Act of 2005, H.R. 2795, introduced June 8, 2005.

• Patent Reform Act of 2006, S. 3818, introduced August 3, 2006.

• Patents Depend on Quality Act, H.R. 5096, introduced April 5, 2006.

• Platform Equality and Remedies for Rights Holders in Music Act (PERFORM Act), S. 2644, introduced April 25, 2006; House counterpart, H.R. 5361, introduced May 11, 2006.

• Public Domain Enhancement Act, H.R. 2601 (108th Congress), introduced June 25, 2003; reintroduced as H.R. 2408 (109th Congress), May 17, 2005.

• Public Health Emergency Medicines Act, H.R. 4131, introduced October 25, 2005.

• Project Bioshield II Act, S. 975, April 29, 2005.

• Protecting Intellectual Rights Against Theft and Expropriation Act of 2004 ("PIRATE Act"), S. 2237, introduced March 25, 2004; passed Senate, June 25, 2004; referred to House, August 4, 2004.

• Section 115 Reform Act, H.R. 5553, introduced June 8, 2006.

• To establish a pilot program in certain United States district courts to encourage enhancement of expertise in patent cases among district judges, H.R. 5418, introduced May 18, 2006.

• United States Patent and Trademark Fee Modernization Act, H.R. 2791, introduced June 8, 2005.