[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 673 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 673

       To provide for the extension of surcharges on patent fees.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 11, 1997

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

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                                 A BILL


 
       To provide for the extension of surcharges on patent fees.

    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 
Surcharge Extension Act of 1997''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF SURCHARGES ON PATENT FEES.

    (a) In General.--Section 10101 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation 
Act of 1990 (35 U.S.C. 41 note) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a) by striking ``, during fiscal years 
        1991 through 1998,'';
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
                striking ``collected by the Patent and Trademark 
                Office'';
                    (B) in paragraph (2)(B) by striking ``and'' after 
                the comma at the end;
                    (C) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph 
                (4); and
                    (D) by inserting the following after paragraph (2):
            ``(3) in fiscal year 1999 and thereafter--
                    ``(A) shall be credited to a separate account 
                established in the Treasury and ascribed to the Patent 
                and Trademark Office activities in the Department of 
                Commerce as offsetting collections, and
                    ``(B) shall be collected by, and available only to, 
                the Patent and Trademark Office, to the extent provided 
                in appropriations Acts, for all authorized activities 
                and operations of the office, including all direct and 
                indirect costs of services provided by the office, 
                and''; and
            (3) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) by striking ``In fiscal years 1991 through 
                1998, the'' and inserting ``The''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (8) by inserting ``and each fiscal 
                year thereafter'' after ``1998''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect on October 1, 1998.
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