A bill to authorize the Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office to use funds made available under the Trademark Act of 1946 for patent operations in order to avoid furloughs and reductions-in-force.

3.0.0 3114 2023-03-22T18:07:18Z 2023-03-22T18:07:18Z House H HR 2009-07-07 111 hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing Referred to 2009-07-07T18:01:38Z A bill to authorize the Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office to use funds made available under the Trademark Act of 1946 for patent operations in order to avoid furloughs and reductions-in-force. 111 1358 S 2009-06-25 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. Related bill CRS Related bill House 2009-08-07 Became Public Law No: 111-45. President E40000 2 House floor actions 2009-08-07 Became Public Law No: 111-45. BecameLaw 36000 9 Library of Congress 2009-08-07 Signed by President. President E30000 2 House floor actions 2009-08-07 Signed by President. BecameLaw 36000 9 Library of Congress 2009-07-27 Presented to President. Floor E20000 2 House floor actions 2009-07-27 Presented to President. President 28000 9 Library of Congress 2009-07-20 Senate Message on Senate action sent to the House. Floor 2009-07-16 Cleared for White House. 2009-07-16 Senate Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7664) Floor 2009-07-16 Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S7664) Floor 17000 9 Library of Congress 2009-07-08 Senate Received in the Senate, read twice. IntroReferral 2009-07-07 18:58:41 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. Floor H38310 2 House floor actions 2009-07-07 18:58:40 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7723) Floor H37300 2 House floor actions 2009-07-07 18:58:40 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H7723) Floor 8000 9 Library of Congress 2009-07-07 18:58:39 Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H7725) Floor H30000 2 House floor actions 2009-07-07 15:34:49 At the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Mr. Poe (TX) objected to the vote on the grounds that a quorum was not present. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed. The point of no quorum was withdrawn. Floor H37210 2 House floor actions 2009-07-07 15:23:41 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3114. Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2009-07-07 15:23:40 Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7723-7724) Floor H30000 2 House floor actions 2009-07-07 15:22:44 Mr. Johnson (GA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill. Floor H30300 2 House floor actions 2009-07-07 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2009-07-07 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2009-07-07 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress C000714 Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14] JOHN CONYERS D MI 14 N I000056 Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-49] DARRELL ISSA R CA E. 49 2009-07-07 True J000288 Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4] Henry Johnson D GA C. "Hank" 4 2009-07-07 True S000344 Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-27] BRAD SHERMAN D CA 27 2009-07-07 True 2009-08-13T04:00:00Z H.R. 3114, An act to authorize the Director of the US Patent and Trademark Office to use funds made available under the Trademark Act of 1946 for patent operations in order to avoid furloughs and reductions-in-force http://www.cbo.gov/publication/41208 <p>Cost estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on July 16, 2009, and signed by the President on August 7, 2009</p> 2009-08-13T04:00:00Z H.R. 3114, An act to authorize the Director of the US Patent and Trademark Office to use funds made available under the Trademark Act of 1946 for patent operations in order to avoid furloughs and reductions-in-force https://www.cbo.gov/publication/41208 Cost estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on July 16, 2009, and signed by the President on August 7, 2009 Public Law 111-45 Commerce Congressional oversight Department of Commerce Executive agency funding and structure Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Intellectual property User charges and fees Commerce

00 2009-07-07 Introduced in House 2009-07-08T19:05:11Z Authorizes the Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to use funds made available for FY2009 under the Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009 to support the processing of patents and other activities, services, and materials relating to patents, notwithstanding provisions restricting the use of such fees to activities relating trademark registrations, provided the Director certifies to Congress that the use of such funds is reasonably necessary to avoid USPTO furloughs or a reduction-in-force, or both, and does not create a substantial risk of a furlough or reduction-in-force of personnel working in the Trademark Operation of the USPTO.

Requires the Director, on the exercise of that authority and notwithstanding any other law, to establish a surcharge on patent fees to repay any funds drawn down.

Terminates such authority on June 30, 2010. Requires: (1) the surcharge to begin no later than September 30, 2011; and (2) the funds so used to be repaid to trademark operations not later than September 30, 2014.

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81 2009-07-07 Passed House without amendment 2009-07-21T20:22:25Z (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Authorizes the Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to use funds made available for FY2009 under the Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009 to support the processing of patents and other activities, services, and materials relating to patents, notwithstanding provisions restricting the use of such fees to activities relating trademark registrations, provided the Director certifies to Congress that the use of such funds is reasonably necessary to avoid USPTO furloughs or a reduction-in-force, or both, and does not create a substantial risk of a furlough or reduction-in-force of personnel working in the Trademark Operation of the USPTO.

Requires the Director, on the exercise of that authority and notwithstanding any other law, to establish a surcharge on patent fees to repay any funds drawn down.

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82 2009-07-16 Passed Senate without amendment 2009-08-11T20:19:34Z (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Requires the Director, on the exercise of that authority and notwithstanding any other law, to establish a surcharge on patent fees to repay any funds drawn down.

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49 2009-08-07 Public Law 2009-10-21T20:30:43Z (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Requires the Director, on the exercise of that authority and notwithstanding any other law, to establish a surcharge on patent fees to repay any funds drawn down.

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To authorize the Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office to use funds made available under the Trademark Act of 1946 for patent operations in order to avoid furloughs and reductions-in-force, and for other purposes. Display Title To authorize the Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office to use funds made available under the Trademark Act of 1946 for patent operations in order to avoid furloughs and reductions-in-force, and for other purposes. Official Title as Introduced To authorize the Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office to use funds made available under the Trademark Act of 1946 for patent operations in order to avoid furloughs and reductions-in-force, and for other purposes. Enrolled Bill https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr3114enr/xml/BILLS-111hr3114enr.xml Received in Senate 2009-07-08T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr3114rds/xml/BILLS-111hr3114rds.xml Engrossed in House 2009-07-07T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr3114eh/xml/BILLS-111hr3114eh.xml 2009-08-08T03:59:59Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-111publ45/xml/PLAW-111publ45.xml Public Law 2009-08-07 Became Public Law No: 111-45. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.