H.R. 7140
119th Congress
House
CLEAR Act
Official title: To protect main street retailers and end users in secondary patent actions, and for other purposes.
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 16, 2026
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jan 16, 2026
Introduced in House
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What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Bill text
1 version
- Introduced in House Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Lobbying activity
9
- SIIA
- TWINLOGIC STRATEGIES, LLP
- AMERICAN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW ASSOCIATION (AIPLA)
- SIIA
- AMERICAN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW ASSOCIATION (AIPLA)
- SIIA
Bodies those filers lobbied
- SENATE
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- Commerce, Dept of (DOC)
- Education, Dept of
- Executive Office of the President (EOP)
- Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
- Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA)
- Patent & Trademark Office (PTO)
Cosponsors
1
Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 7140: CLEAR Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-7140/
"H.R. 7140: CLEAR Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-7140/.
H.R. 7140, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-7140/.
[H.R. 7140: CLEAR Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-7140/)