To require the Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office to conduct a study on effective ways to provide confirming genetic diagnostic test activity where gene patents and exclusive licensing exist, and for other purposes.

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Introduced

22 June 2011

Last action

25 August 2011 · Referred

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition and the Internet.

Summary

Directs the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to: (1) study ways to provide independent, confirming genetic diagnostic test activity where gene patents and exclusive licensing for primary genetic diagnostic tests exist; and (2) report the findings to Congress within nine months along with recommendations for establishing the availability of such independent confirming genetic diagnostic test activity. Defines confirming genetic diagnostic test activity as the performance of a genetic diagnostic test, by a genetic diagnostic test provider, on an individual solely for the purpose of providing the individual with an independent confirmation of results obtained from another test providers prior performance of the test on the individual.

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Timeline

22 June 2011
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Source: Committee
22 June 2011
Introduced
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.
Source: IntroReferral
22 June 2011
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
22 June 2011
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
25 August 2011
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition and the Internet.
Source: Committee

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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/2276
Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2276
us · 112-hr-2276 · source updated 8 June 2026