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SRES 161 112th Congress Senate Commerce Advanced technology and technological innovations Commemorative events and holidays Intellectual property

A resolution designating May 2011, as "National Inventors Month".

Introduced: May 3, 2011 See on congress.gov
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May 3, 2011
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2637; text as passed Senate: CR S2637; text of measure as introduced: CR S2625)
May 3, 2011
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S2637; text as passed Senate: CR S2637; text of measure as introduced: CR S2625)
May 3, 2011
Introduced in Senate
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(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Designates May 2011 as National Inventors Month.

What's happening now May 3, 2011

Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2637; text as passed Senate: CR S2637; text of measure as introduced: CR S2625)

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 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
D
Coons, Christopher A.
Delaware · May 3, 2011
 R
Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · May 3, 2011
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. Res. 161: A resolution designating May 2011, as "National Inventors Month".. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-SRES-161/
MLA
"S. Res. 161: A resolution designating May 2011, as "National Inventors Month".." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-SRES-161/.
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S. Res. 161, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-SRES-161/.
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[S. Res. 161: A resolution designating May 2011, as "National Inventors Month".](https://openamerica.io/bill/112-SRES-161/)
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