I 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5340 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 20, 2018 Mr. Stivers (for himself, Mr. Foster , Mr. Davidson , Mr. Duffy , Mr. Cramer , Mr. King of New York , Ms. Velázquez , Mr. Huizenga , Mr. Joyce of Ohio , Mr. Bilirakis , Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois , Mr. Rush , Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania , Mr. Peters , Mrs. Watson Coleman , and Mr. Gosar ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary , and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce , for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To strengthen the position of the United States as the world’s leading innovator by amending title 35, United States Code, to protect the property rights of the inventors that grow the country’s economy.