[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4608 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4608

To authorize appropriations for the Patent and Trademark Office in the 
  Department of Commerce for fiscal year 1995, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 21, 1994

  Mr. Hughes (for himself and Mr. Moorhead) introduced the following 
       bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To authorize appropriations for the Patent and Trademark Office in the 
  Department of Commerce for fiscal year 1995, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Patent and Trademark Office 
Authorization Act of 1994''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF AMOUNTS AVAILABLE TO THE PATENT AND TRADEMARK 
              OFFICE.

    There is authorized to be appropriated to the Patent and Trademark 
Office for Salaries and necessary expenses the sum of $107,000,000 for 
fiscal year 1995, to be derived from deposits in the Patent and 
Trademark Office Fee Surcharge Fund established under section 10101 of 
the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 (35 U.S.C. note).

SEC. 3. AMOUNTS AUTHORIZED TO BE CARRIED OVER.

    Amounts appropriated or made available pursuant to this Act shall 
remain available until expended.

SEC. 4. EMPLOYMENT LEVEL IN PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE.

    Section 3 of title 35, United States Code, is amended by adding at 
the end the following new subsection:
    ``(f)(1) During the 5-year period beginning on October 1, 1994, no 
reductions may be made in the number of full-time equivalent employees 
of the Patent and Trademark Office, except to the extent that--
            ``(A) a law is enacted that requires reductions in 
        personnel or positions specifically in the Patent and Trademark 
        Office, or
            ``(B) the Commissioner determines that a reduction in the 
        number of full-time equivalents is in the best interests of the 
        Patent and Trademark Office and the public.
    ``(2) During the 5-year period referred to in paragraph (1), any 
law imposing a restriction on hiring by executive agencies, or 
requiring reductions in force in executive agencies, for the purpose of 
achieving reductions in the Federal work force shall not apply to the 
Patent and Trademark Office.
    ``(3) A law may not be construed as suspending or modifying this 
subsection, except to the extent such law specifically refers to or 
amends this subsection.''.

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