[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4265 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4265

   To enhance fairness in compensating owners of patents used by the 
                             United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 20, 1994

  Mr. Frost introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
   To enhance fairness in compensating owners of patents used by the 
                             United States.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. JUST COMPENSATION.

    (a) Amendment.--Section 1498(a) of title 28, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end of the first paragraph the following: 
``Reasonable and entire compensation shall include the owner's 
reasonable costs in pursuing the action.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to actions brought under section 1498(a) of title 28, United 
States Code, on or after January 1, 1993.

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