H.R. 1631: Pro Codes Act

Bill · 118th Congress (2023–2024). Failed House, 22 Jul 2024. Introduced 17 Mar 2023.

Official title: To amend title 17, United States Code, to reaffirm the importance of, and include requirements for, works incorporated by reference into law, and for other purposes.

Vote results

How each member voted

House

Yea (248): Harold Rogers (R-KY-5); Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ-4); Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-9); Jerrold Nadler (D-NY-12); Ken Calvert (R-CA-41); James E. Clyburn (D-SC-6); Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY-7); Frank D. Lucas (R-OK-3); Earl Blumenauer (D-OR-3); Robert B. Aderholt (R-AL-4); Danny K. Davis (D-IL-7); Diana DeGette (D-CO-1); Adam Smith (D-WA-9); Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY-5); Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA-31); Pete Sessions (R-TX-17); Sam Graves (R-MO-6); Rick Larsen (D-WA-2); Joe Wilson (R-SC-2); John R. Carter (R-TX-31); Tom Cole (R-OK-4); Mike Rogers (R-AL-3); David Scott (D-GA-13); Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA-38); Darrell Issa (R-CA-48); Jim Costa (D-CA-21); Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28); Virginia Foxx (R-NC-5); Michael T. McCaul (R-TX-10); Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA-5); Kathy Castor (D-FL-14); Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY-9); Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA-4); Jim Jordan (R-OH-4); Adrian Smith (R-NE-3); Robert E. Latta (R-OH-5); André Carson (D-IN-7); Tim Walberg (R-MI-5); Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA-11); Brett Guthrie (R-KY-2); Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO-3); Tom McClintock (R-CA-5); Glenn Thompson (R-PA-15); Mike Quigley (D-IL-5); Judy Chu (D-CA-28); Larry Bucshon (R-IN-8); Eric A. "Rick" Crawford (R-AR-1); Jeff Duncan (R-SC-3); Bill Huizenga (R-MI-4); Mike Kelly (R-PA-16); Terri A. Sewell (D-AL-7); Daniel Webster (R-FL-11); Steve Womack (R-AR-3); Dina Titus (D-NV-1); Kweisi Mfume (D-MD-7); Mark E. Amodei (R-NV-2); Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA-1); Andy Barr (R-KY-6); Joyce Beatty (D-OH-3); Julia Brownley (D-CA-26); Matt Cartwright (D-PA-8); Lois Frankel (D-FL-22); Richard Hudson (R-NC-9); Hakeem S. Jeffries (D-NY-8); David P. Joyce (R-OH-14); Daniel T. Kildee (D-MI-8); Derek Kilmer (D-WA-6); Doug LaMalfa (R-CA-1); Grace Meng (D-NY-6); Scott H. Peters (D-CA-50); Mark Pocan (D-WI-2); Randy K. Weber, Sr. (R-TX-14); Brad R. Wenstrup (R-OH-2); Roger Williams (R-TX-25); Robin L. Kelly (D-IL-2); Jason Smith (R-MO-8); Katherine M. Clark (D-MA-5); Donald Norcross (D-NJ-1); Rick W. Allen (R-GA-12); Brian Babin (R-TX-36); Mike Bost (R-IL-12); Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA-1); Debbie Dingell (D-MI-6); Tom Emmer (R-MN-6); Ruben Gallego (D-AZ-3); J. French Hill (R-AR-2); Ted Lieu (D-CA-36); John R. Moolenaar (R-MI-2); Dan Newhouse (R-WA-4); Gary J. Palmer (R-AL-6); David Rouzer (R-NC-7); Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY-21); Norma J. Torres (D-CA-35); Bruce Westerman (R-AR-4); Trent Kelly (R-MS-1); Darin LaHood (R-IL-16); Don Bacon (R-NE-2); Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA-44); Jack Bergman (R-MI-1); Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA-24); J. Luis Correa (D-CA-46); Adriano Espaillat (D-NY-13); Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA-1); Steven Horsford (D-NV-4); Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL-8); Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-19); Jamie Raskin (D-MD-8); Lloyd Smucker (R-PA-11); Darren Soto (D-FL-9); Ron Estes (R-KS-4); John R. Curtis (R-UT-3); Troy Balderson (R-OH-12); Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA-5); Susan Wild (D-PA-7); Colin Z. Allred (D-TX-32); James R. Baird (R-IN-4); Ben Cline (R-VA-6); Angie Craig (D-MN-2); Dan Crenshaw (R-TX-2); Sharice Davids (D-KS-3); Madeleine Dean (D-PA-4); Veronica Escobar (D-TX-16); Sylvia R. Garcia (D-TX-29); Mark E. Green (R-TN-7); Michael Guest (R-MS-3); Josh Harder (D-CA-9); Dusty Johnson (R-SD-AL); Susie Lee (D-NV-3); Mike Levin (D-CA-49); Lucy McBath (D-GA-7); Daniel Meuser (R-PA-9); Carol D. Miller (R-WV-1); Joe Neguse (D-CO-2); Chris Pappas (D-NH-1); Dean Phillips (D-MN-3); Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA-14); Kim Schrier (D-WA-8); Elissa Slotkin (D-MI-7); Abigail Davis Spanberger (D-VA-7); Greg Stanton (D-AZ-4); Pete Stauber (R-MN-8); Bryan Steil (R-WI-1); William R. Timmons IV (R-SC-4); David J. Trone (D-MD-6); Lauren Underwood (D-IL-14); Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ-2); Michael Waltz (R-FL-6); Claudia Tenney (R-NY-24); Mike Garcia (R-CA-27); Ryan K. Zinke (R-MT-1); Jake Auchincloss (D-MA-4); Stephanie I. Bice (R-OK-5); Jerry L. Carl (R-AL-1); Pat Fallon (R-TX-4); Randy Feenstra (R-IA-4); Michelle Fischbach (R-MN-7); Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI-5); Scott Franklin (R-FL-18); Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY-2); Carlos A. Gimenez (R-FL-28); Tony Gonzales (R-TX-23); Ashley Hinson (R-IA-2); Ronny Jackson (R-TX-13); Sara Jacobs (D-CA-51); Young Kim (R-CA-40); Jake LaTurner (R-KS-2); Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM-3); Nancy Mace (R-SC-1); Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY-11); Tracey Mann (R-KS-1); Kathy E. Manning (D-NC-6); Lisa C. McClain (R-MI-9); Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA-1); Barry Moore (R-AL-2); Blake D. Moore (R-UT-1); Troy E. Nehls (R-TX-22); Jay Obernolte (R-CA-23); Burgess Owens (R-UT-4); August Pfluger (R-TX-11); Deborah K. Ross (D-NC-2); Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL-27); Victoria Spartz (R-IN-5); Michelle Steel (R-CA-45); Marilyn Strickland (D-WA-10); Ritchie Torres (D-NY-15); Beth Van Duyne (R-TX-24); Jake Ellzey (R-TX-6); Shontel M. Brown (D-OH-11); Mike Carey (R-OH-15); Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL-20); Mike Flood (R-NE-1); Brad Finstad (R-MN-1); Mary Sattler Peltola (D-AK-AL); Patrick Ryan (D-NY-18); Rudy Yakym III (R-IN-2); Mark Alford (R-MO-4); Aaron Bean (R-FL-4); Yadira Caraveo (D-CO-8); Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-OR-5); Jasmine Crockett (D-TX-30); Donald G. Davis (D-NC-1); Monica De La Cruz (R-TX-15); John S. Duarte (R-CA-13); Chuck Edwards (R-NC-11); Mike Ezell (R-MS-4); Russell Fry (R-SC-7); Daniel S. Goldman (D-NY-10); Harriet M. Hageman (R-WY-AL); Erin Houchin (R-IN-9); Val T. Hoyle (D-OR-4); Wesley Hunt (R-TX-38); Glenn Ivey (D-MD-4); Jonathan L. Jackson (D-IL-1); John James (R-MI-10); Thomas H. Kean, Jr. (R-NJ-7); Jennifer A. Kiggans (R-VA-2); Kevin Kiley (R-CA-3); Nick LaLota (R-NY-1); Greg Landsman (D-OH-1); Nicholas A. Langworthy (R-NY-23); Michael Lawler (R-NY-17); Laurel M. Lee (R-FL-15); Morgan Luttrell (R-TX-8); Richard McCormick (R-GA-6); Morgan McGarvey (D-KY-3); Robert Menendez (D-NJ-8); Max L. Miller (R-OH-7); Cory Mills (R-FL-7); Nathaniel Moran (R-TX-1); Jared Moskowitz (D-FL-23); Wiley Nickel (D-NC-13); Zachary Nunn (R-IA-3); Brittany Pettersen (D-CO-7); Hillary J. Scholten (D-MI-3); Dale W. Strong (R-AL-5); Emilia Strong Sykes (D-OH-13); Shri Thanedar (D-MI-13); Derrick Van Orden (R-WI-3); Gabe Vasquez (D-NM-2); Brandon Williams (R-NY-22); Gabe Amo (D-RI-1); Celeste Maloy (R-UT-2); Timothy M. Kennedy (D-NY-26); Michael A. Rulli (R-OH-6); Greg Lopez (R-CO-4); Adam B. Schiff (D-CA-30); Kelly Armstrong (R-ND-AL); Jeff Jackson (D-NC-14).

Nay (127): Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD-5); Nancy Pelosi (D-CA-11); Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ-6); Maxine Waters (D-CA-43); Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA-16); Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA-3); Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS-2); Lloyd Doggett (D-TX-37); Zoe Lofgren (D-CA-18); James P. McGovern (D-MA-2); Brad Sherman (D-CA-32); Barbara Lee (D-CA-12); Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL-9); Mike Thompson (D-CA-4); Betty McCollum (D-MN-4); Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA-8); Michael C. Burgess (R-TX-26); Al Green (D-TX-9); Gwen Moore (D-WI-4); Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL-25); Doris O. Matsui (D-CA-7); Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL-12); Steve Cohen (D-TN-9); Joe Courtney (D-CT-2); John P. Sarbanes (D-MD-3); Robert J. Wittman (R-VA-1); James A. Himes (D-CT-4); Chellie Pingree (D-ME-1); Bill Posey (R-FL-8); Paul Tonko (D-NY-20); Bill Foster (D-IL-11); Scott DesJarlais (R-TN-4); Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann (R-TN-3); Andy Harris (R-MD-1); Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR-1); Thomas Massie (R-KY-4); Ami Bera (D-CA-6); Tony Cárdenas (D-CA-29); Jared Huffman (D-CA-2); Scott Perry (R-PA-10); Raul Ruiz (D-CA-25); Mark Takano (D-CA-39); Juan Vargas (D-CA-52); Marc A. Veasey (D-TX-33); Ann Wagner (R-MO-2); Alma S. Adams (D-NC-12); Pete Aguilar (D-CA-33); Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA-8); Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA-2); Ed Case (D-HI-1); Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA-10); Garret Graves (R-LA-6); Glenn Grothman (R-WI-6); Barry Loudermilk (R-GA-11); Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL-10); James Comer (R-KY-1); Jodey C. Arrington (R-TX-19); Jim Banks (R-IN-3); Andy Biggs (R-AZ-5); A. Drew Ferguson IV (R-GA-3); Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX-34); Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ-5); Ro Khanna (D-CA-17); David Kustoff (R-TN-8); Brian J. Mast (R-FL-21); John H. Rutherford (R-FL-5); Ralph Norman (R-SC-5); Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY-3); Michael Cloud (R-TX-27); Joseph D. Morelle (D-NY-25); Tim Burchett (R-TN-2); Sean Casten (D-IL-6); Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX-7); Russ Fulcher (R-ID-1); Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL-4); Jared F. Golden (D-ME-2); Lance Gooden (R-TX-5); Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA-6); John Joyce (R-PA-13); Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY-14); Ilhan Omar (D-MN-5); Katie Porter (D-CA-47); Ayanna Pressley (D-MA-7); John W. Rose (R-TN-6); Chip Roy (R-TX-21); W. Gregory Steube (R-FL-17); Haley M. Stevens (D-MI-11); Rashida Tlaib (D-MI-12); Dan Bishop (R-NC-8); Gregory F. Murphy (R-NC-3); Thomas P. Tiffany (R-WI-7); Lauren Boebert (R-CO-3); Kat Cammack (R-FL-3); Byron Donalds (R-FL-19); Bob Good (R-VA-5); Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA-14); Diana Harshbarger (R-TN-1); Mary E. Miller (R-IL-15); Frank J. Mrvan (D-IN-1); Matthew M. Rosendale, Sr. (R-MT-2); Nikema Williams (D-GA-5); Troy A. Carter (D-LA-2); Melanie A. Stansbury (D-NM-1); Josh Brecheen (R-OK-2); Nikki Budzinski (D-IL-13); Eric Burlison (R-MO-7); Greg Casar (D-TX-35); Mike Collins (R-GA-10); Elijah Crane (R-AZ-2); Christopher R. Deluzio (D-PA-17); Valerie P. Foushee (D-NC-4); Maxwell Frost (D-FL-10); Robert Garcia (D-CA-42); Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA-3); Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA-37); Summer L. Lee (D-PA-12); Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL-13); Kevin Mullin (D-CA-15); Andrew Ogles (R-TN-5); Delia C. Ramirez (D-IL-3); Andrea Salinas (D-OR-6); Keith Self (R-TX-3); Eric Sorensen (D-IL-17); Jill N. Tokuda (D-HI-2); Jennifer L. McClellan (D-VA-4); Matt Gaetz (R-FL-1); Andy Kim (D-NJ-3).

Not voting (56): Richard E. Neal (D-MA-1); Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT-3); Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA-2); Kay Granger (R-TX-12); John B. Larson (D-CT-1); Michael K. Simpson (R-ID-2); Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL-26); Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ-7); C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD-2); Michael R. Turner (R-OH-10); Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO-5); Patrick T. McHenry (R-NC-10); Vern Buchanan (R-FL-16); Doug Lamborn (R-CO-5); Steve Scalise (R-LA-1); John Garamendi (D-CA-8); Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ-9); H. Morgan Griffith (R-VA-9); William R. Keating (D-MA-9); David Schweikert (R-AZ-1); Austin Scott (R-GA-8); Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL-24); Joaquin Castro (D-TX-20); Ann M. Kuster (D-NH-2); Eric Swalwell (D-CA-14); Alexander X. Mooney (R-WV-2); Seth Moulton (D-MA-6); Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ-12); David G. Valadao (R-CA-22); Warren Davidson (R-OH-8); Dwight Evans (D-PA-3); Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE-AL); Neal P. Dunn (R-FL-2); Clay Higgins (R-LA-3); Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-7); Jimmy Gomez (D-CA-34); Debbie Lesko (R-AZ-8); Kevin Hern (R-OK-1); Jason Crow (D-CO-6); Jahana Hayes (D-CT-5); Greg Pence (R-IN-6); Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ-11); Lori Trahan (D-MA-3); Jennifer Wexton (D-VA-10); Cliff Bentz (R-OR-2); Jamaal Bowman (D-NY-16); Cori Bush (D-MO-1); Andrew S. Clyde (R-GA-9); Julia Letlow (R-LA-5); Becca Balint (D-VT-AL); Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ-6); Anthony D’Esposito (R-NY-4); Seth Magaziner (D-RI-2); Marcus J. Molinaro (R-NY-19); Vince Fong (R-CA-20); Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-9).

Speaker, not listed (1): Mike Johnson (R-LA-4).

Not in office (13): LaMonica McIver (D-NJ-10); Erica Lee Carter (D-TX-18); Tony Wied (R-WI-8); Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX-18); Brian Higgins (D-NY-26); Kevin McCarthy (R-CA-20); Bill Johnson (R-OH-6); David N. Cicilline (D-RI-1); Donald M. Payne, Jr. (D-NJ-10); Chris Stewart (R-UT-2); Ken Buck (R-CO-4); Mike Gallagher (R-WI-8); George Santos (R-NY-3).

Summary

Main subject: Amends the copyright law in title 17 of the United States Code so that a standard incorporated by reference into law keeps its copyright if the standards development organization makes it publicly accessible online at no cost, and directs Copyright Office and Comptroller General reports and studies. Sec. 3, Sec. 4

Its core areas: Copyright protection for standards incorporated by reference into law; Online public access conditions for incorporated standards; Copyright Office reporting on the Act; Comptroller General studies of the Act's effects; Government costs of access to incorporated standards.

Unexpected Items: 1 provision

These provisions fall outside the bill’s main subject or apply narrowly. This describes the text; it is not a judgment.

Not related to the bill’s main subject (1)

What it does

Written automatically from the official text by Claude Sonnet 5.5, an AI model. Written 30 Sep 2026 and published after the automatic checks, without a person reading it first. Every line names the section it came from.

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