3.0.0 1358 2023-01-11T13:18:35Z 2023-01-11T13:18:35Z Senate S S 2009-06-25 111 hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing Referred to 2009-06-26T03:36:15Z 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. 111 3114 HR 2009-08-07 Became Public Law No: 111-45. Related bill CRS Related bill House 2009-06-25 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2009-06-25 Senate Message on Senate action sent to the House. Floor 2009-06-25 21:01:51 Received in the House. Floor H14000 2 House floor actions 2009-06-25 Senate Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7044-7046; text as passed Senate: CR S7044) Floor 2009-06-25 Passed/agreed to in Senate: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S7044-7046; text as passed Senate: CR S7044) Floor 17000 9 Library of Congress 2009-06-25 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT N S001141 Sen. Sessions, Jeff [R-AL] Jeff Sessions R AL 2009-06-25 True 2009-07-06T04:00:00Z S. 1358, An act 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 http://www.cbo.gov/publication/20915 <p>Cost estimate for the bill as passed by the Senate on June 25, 2009</p> 2009-07-06T04:00:00Z S. 1358, An act 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 https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20915 Cost estimate for the bill as passed by the Senate on June 25, 2009 H.R.3114 https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/3114 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 2009-06-25 Introduced in Senate 2009-07-06T19:29:42Z Authorizes the Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to use funds made available under provisions of the Act commonly known as the Trademark Act of 1946 (relating to fees) 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, if: (1) 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 (2) funds so used are repaid to trademark operations not later than September 30, 2011.

Terminates such authority on June 30, 2010.

]]> 82 2009-06-25 Passed Senate without amendment 2009-07-17T18:15:42Z (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 under provisions of the Act commonly known as the Trademark Act of 1946 (relating to fees) 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, if: (1) 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 (2) funds so used are repaid to trademark operations not later than September 30, 2011.

Terminates such authority on June 30, 2010.

]]> 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. Display Title 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. Official Title as Introduced 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. Considered and Passed Senate 2009-06-25T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s1358cps/xml/BILLS-111s1358cps.xml Engrossed in Senate 2009-06-25T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s1358es/xml/BILLS-111s1358es.xml Referred in House 2009-06-25T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s1358rfh/xml/BILLS-111s1358rfh.xml 2009-06-25 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. 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.