H.R. 5819

Summary

H.R. 5819, the Balancing Incentives Act of 2025, was introduced in the House on Oct 24, 2025 by Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D) with 4 co-sponsors. It was referred to Judiciary, and last saw action on Oct 24, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Record

Text

H.R. 5819 has 4 co-sponsors.

119 HR 5819 IH: Balancing Incentives Act of 2025
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-10-24
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 5819  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   October 24, 2025   Ms. Kaptur  (for herself,  Mr. Massie ,  Mr. McCormick , and  Mr. Davis of North Carolina ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on the Judiciary    A BILL
To amend title 35, United States Code, to require a patent owner to consent to the filing of a petition for inter-partes review or post-grant review, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Balancing Incentives Act of 2025  .
2.
Requirement for patent owner to consent to the filing of petition for inter-partes review or post-grant review
Title 35, United States Code, is amended—
(1)
in section 312(a)—
(A)
in paragraph (4), by striking  ; and  and inserting a semicolon;
(B)
in paragraph (5), by striking the period at the end and inserting  ; and ; and
(C)
by adding at the end the following:
(6)
the owner of the patent consents to the filing of the petition.
 ; and
(2)
in section 322(a)—
(A)
in paragraph (4), by striking  ; and  and inserting a semicolon;
(B)
in paragraph (5), by striking the period at the end and inserting  ; and ; and
(C)
by adding at the end the following:
(6)
the owner of the patent consents to the filing of the petition.
 .

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To amend title 35, United States Code, to require a patent owner to consent to the filing of a petition for inter-partes review or post-grant review, and for other purposes.

Sponsors

Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D) sponsors H.R. 5819, and 4 members have co-sponsored it, 3 of them from the day it was introduced.

Marcy Kaptur

Rep. · D–OH-9 · Sponsor

Introduced Oct 24, 2025

Donald Davis

Rep. · D–NC-1 · Co-sponsor

Joined Oct 24, 2025 · Original

Thomas Massie

Rep. · R–KY-4 · Co-sponsor

Joined Oct 24, 2025 · Original

Richard McCormick

Rep. · R–GA-7 · Co-sponsor

Joined Oct 24, 2025 · Original

James McGovern

Rep. · D–MA-2 · Co-sponsor

Joined Aug 13, 2026

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Committees

H.R. 5819 went before 1 committee: Judiciary.

Judiciary

Judiciary

Referred To · Oct 24, 2025 · 2,181 Bills

Actions

H.R. 5819 has taken 2 actions since Oct 24, 2025.

Votes

H.R. 5819 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 5819 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

• To amend title 35, United States Code, to require a patent owner to consent to the filing of a petition for inter-partes review or post-grant review, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced
• Balancing Incentives Act of 2025 — Display Title
• Balancing Incentives Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Introduced

Lobbying

3 clients hired 3 firms and 9 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 5819 in 6 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Copyright/Patent/Trademark, Health Issues, Education, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Medicare/Medicaid, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill.

Filings

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Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 5819 under Commerce, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 5819’s is Commerce.

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 5819, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 177 (Friday, October 24, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. KAPTUR:H.R. 5819.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Commerce Clause--Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S.Constitution[Page H4553]

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