To amend title 35, United State Code, to limit the ability of persons who pose a threat to national security to receive and enforce patents, and for other purposes.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 9142 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 9142 To amend title 35, United States Code, to limit the ability of persons who pose a threat to national security to receive and enforce patents, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 4, 2026 Mr. Fitzgerald (for himself, Mr. Moolenaar, and Mr. Issa) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend title 35, United States Code, to limit the ability of persons who pose a threat to national security to receive and enforce patents, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Prohibiting Adversarial Patents Act of 2026''. SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON ABILITY OF PERSONS WHO POSE A THREAT TO NATIONAL SECURITY TO RECEIVE AND ENFORCE PATENTS. (a) In General.--Chapter 10 of title 35, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: ``Sec. 106. Limitation on ability of persons who pose a threat to national security to receive and enforce patents ``(a) Limitation.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law-- ``(1) a person may not be issued a United States patent for an invention if that person (or any subsidiary, affiliate, successor, assign, legal representative, or privy of such person)-- ``(A) is an entity on the Non-SDN Chinese Military- Industrial Complex Companies List (NS-CMIC List) maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury under Executive Order 14032 (86 Fed. Reg. 30145; relating to addressing the threat from securities investments that finance certain companies of the People's Republic of China), or a