Congress has passed a bill that would implement two patent law treaties to help American businesses expand into foreign markets, Senator Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., announced Wednesday.

The House on Wednesday passed The Patent Law Treaties Implementation Act of 2012, co-authored by Leahy and Senator Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, the top members of the Senate Judiciary Committee. The bill will die if the White House does not sign it before the end of the year.