3.0.0 3349 2023-01-11T13:23:56Z 2023-01-11T13:23:56Z House H HR 2013-10-28 113 [Pages H7252-H7253]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio:H.R. 3542.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:According to Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of theConstitution: The Congress shall have power to enact thislegislation to regulate commerce with foreign nations, andamong the several states, and with the Indian tribes.[[Page H7253]]ADDITIONAL SPONSORSUnder clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors were added to public bills andresolutions as follows:H.R. 120: Ms. Edwards.H.R. 259: Mr. Kingston.H.R. 270: Mr. Ellison and Mr. Honda.H.R. 274: Mr. Keating.H.R. 351: Mr. McKeon.H.R. 543: Mr. Bishop of New York.H.R. 647: Mr. Mulvaney, Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia, Mr.Collins of Georgia, and Ms. Jackson Lee.H.R. 669: Mrs. Christensen.H.R. 676: Ms. McCollum.H.R. 685: Mr. Vela, Mr. Messer, Mr. Duncan of Tennessee,and Mrs. McMorris Rodgers.H.R. 713: Mr. Gibbs, Mrs. Wagner, Mr. LaMalfa, and Mr.Honda.H.R. 715: Mr. McNerney and Mr. Perlmutter.H.R. 809: Mr. Fincher.H.R. 919: Mr. Ryan of Ohio.H.R. 997: Mr. Latham and Mrs. Miller of Michigan.H.R. 1020: Ms. Foxx.H.R. 1024: Mr. Barrow of Georgia.H.R. 1124: Mrs. Beatty.H.R. 1179: Mr. Cohen and Mrs. Christensen.H.R. 1199: Mr. Garcia.H.R. 1209: Mr. Gibbs, Mr. Graves of Georgia, Mr. Pittenger,Mr. Ben Ray Lujan of New Mexico, Mr. King of New York, andMs. Fudge.H.R. 1248: Mr. Bachus.H.R. 1310: Mr. Lamborn.H.R. 1339: Mr. Lipinski and Mrs. Capito.H.R. 1428: Mr. Price of North Carolina.H.R. 1429: Mr. Bishop of New York.H.R. 1449: Mr. Ross, Mr. Diaz-Balart, Mrs. Lummis, and Mr.Southerland.H.R. 1461: Mr. Hunter and Mr. Nugent.H.R. 1518: Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois, Mr. Crenshaw, andMr. Bilirakis.H.R. 1563: Ms. Frankel of Florida, Ms. Wasserman Schultz,and Mr. Graves of Missouri.H.R. 1601: Mr. Cartwright.H.R. 1616: Mr. Gibson.H.R. 1666: Ms. Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico, Mr.Lipinski, and Ms. Eshoo.H.R. 1717: Mr. David Scott of Georgia and Ms. Kuster.H.R. 1726: Ms. Frankel of Florida.H.R. 1761: Mr. Roe of Tennessee.H.R. 1779: Mr. Peterson.H.R. 1830: Ms. Esty.H.R. 1851: Ms. Kuster and Mr. Horsford.H.R. 1852: Mr. Ross, Mr. Diaz-Balart, Mrs. Lummis, Mr.Labrador, and Ms. Brownley of California.H.R. 1869: Mr. Wittman.H.R. 1878: Ms. Frankel of Florida.H.R. 1920: Mr. Rigell.H.R. 1985: Mr. Goodlatte.H.R. 1992: Mr. Kinzinger of Illinois and Mr. Sires.H.R. 2027: Mr. Cassidy.H.R. 2028: Mr. Tierney.H.R. 2144: Mr. Duncan of South Carolina.H.R. 2305: Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania.H.R. 2385: Mrs. Wagner.H.R. 2446: Mrs. Wagner.H.R. 2553: Ms. Moore, Ms. Schwartz, Ms. Titus, and Mr.George Miller of California.H.R. 2560: Mr. Rangel.H.R. 2607: Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, Mr. Israel,and Mr. Pocan.H.R. 2619: Mr. Lowenthal.H.R. 2663: Mr. Ross.H.R. 2697: Mr. Bishop of New York, Ms. Kuster, and Mr.Johnson of Georgia.H.R. 2703: Mr. Doyle.H.R. 2725: Mr. Tiberi, Mr. Stutzman, and Ms. WassermanSchultz.H.R. 2785: Mr. Renacci.H.R. 2791: Mr. Gibson and Mr. Huizenga of Michigan.H.R. 2818: Mr. Grijalva.H.R. 2945: Mr. Roskam.H.R. 3040: Mr. Gene Green of Texas.H.R. 3105: Mr. Goodlatte and Mr. Cotton.H.R. 3111: Mr. Johnson of Ohio.H.R. 3121: Mr. Renacci.H.R. 3125: Mr. Butterfield, Mr. Braley of Iowa, Mr. DannyK. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Clay, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Rodney Davisof Illinois, and Mr. Loebsack.H.R. 3135: Ms. McCollum.H.R. 3143: Mr. Israel.H.R. 3163: Mr. Moran.H.R. 3169: Mr. Burgess.H.R. 3189: Mr. Poe of Texas.H.R. 3206: Ms. Frankel of Florida.H.R. 3211: Mr. Fitzpatrick.H.R. 3240: Mr. Foster.H.R. 3297: Ms. Schakowsky.H.R. 3299: Mr. Ribble, Mr. Harris, Mr. Bentivolio, Mr.Boustany, and Mr. Roskam.H.R. 3303: Mr. Bilirakis.H.R. 3308: Mr. Pittenger.H.R. 3309: Mr. Johnson of Ohio and Mr. Larsen ofWashington.H.R. 3322: Mr. Rangel.H.R. 3327: Mrs. Bustos.H.R. 3333: Mr. Pet[...]]]> hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju03 Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Subcommittee Referred to 2014-01-09T18:26:31Z Referred to 2013-10-28T16:03:00Z Patent Fee Integrity Act 113 2146 S 2014-03-13 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Related bill CRS 2014-01-09 hsju03 Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet. Committee 2013-10-28 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2013-10-28 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2013-10-28 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress C000714 Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-13] JOHN CONYERS D MI 13 N W000207 Rep. Watt, Melvin L. [D-NC-12] MELVIN WATT D NC 12 2013-10-28 True C001093 Rep. Collins, Doug [R-GA-9] Doug Collins R GA 9 2013-10-28 True I000056 Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-49] DARRELL ISSA R CA E. 49 2013-10-29 False D000610 Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-21] Theodore Deutch D FL E. 21 2013-10-30 False D000617 Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1] Suzan DelBene D WA K. 1 2013-10-30 False F000448 Rep. Franks, Trent [R-AZ-8] Trent Franks R AZ 8 2013-10-30 False M001179 Rep. Marino, Tom [R-PA-10] Tom Marino R PA 10 2013-11-12 False P000598 Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2] Jared Polis D CO 2 2013-11-12 False C000266 Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1] STEVE CHABOT R OH 1 2013-11-12 False J000294 Rep. Jeffries, Hakeem S. [D-NY-8] Hakeem Jeffries D NY S. 8 2013-11-12 False R000588 Rep. Richmond, Cedric L. [D-LA-2] Cedric Richmond D LA L. 2 2013-11-12 False J000032 Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] SHEILA JACKSON LEE D TX 18 2013-11-12 False L000397 Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-19] ZOE LOFGREN D CA 19 2013-11-19 False D000191 Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] PETER DEFAZIO D OR A. 4 2013-11-19 False W000800 Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large] Peter Welch D VT 0 2013-11-19 False R000409 Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-48] DANA ROHRABACHER R CA 48 2013-12-09 False Commerce Accounting and auditing Appropriations Congressional oversight Department of Commerce Government trust funds Intellectual property User charges and fees Commerce 00 2013-10-28 Introduced in House 2013-11-13T14:54:12Z Innovation Protection Act - Establishes in the Treasury the United States Patent and Trademark Office Public Enterprise Fund (Public Enterprise Fund) to be used as a revolving fund by the Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) without fiscal year limitation.

Requires to be credited to or deposited in the Public Enterprise Fund: (1) appropriations for defraying the costs of USPTO activities; (2) fees collected under federal patent and trademark laws; and (3) any unobligated balances remaining in the Patent and Trademark Office Appropriation Account and in the Patent and Trademark Fee Reserve Fund. (Thus, replaces the Patent and Trademark Office Appropriation Account, eliminates the Patent and Trademark Fee Reserve Fund, and provides a source of permanent funding for the USPTO.)

Requires fees collected by the Director to remain available to the Director until expended.

Makes the Public Enterprise Fund available to cover: (1) ordinary and reasonable administrative, operating, and other expenses incurred by the Director for the continued operation of USPTO services, programs, activities, and duties relating to patents and trademarks; and (2) expenses incurred pursuant to obligations, representations, or other commitments of the USPTO.

Requires the Director, on an annual basis, to: (1) report to Congress with operation and spending plans, including financial details and staff levels broken down by each major activity; (2) provide for an independent audit of USPTO financial statements; and (3) submit a budget to the President.

]]> Innovation Protection Act Display Title Innovation Protection Act Official Title as Introduced To provide for the permanent funding of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Innovation Protection Act Introduced in House 2013-10-28T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113hr3349ih/xml/BILLS-113hr3349ih.xml 2014-01-09 Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet. 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.