[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3141 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3141

   To increase the amount in certain funding agreements relating to 
patents and nonprofit organizations to be used for scientific research, 
          development, and education, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 24, 2007

Mr. Latham (for himself, Mr. Boswell, Mr. Loebsack, Mr. Braley of Iowa, 
and Mr. King of Iowa) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                   to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
   To increase the amount in certain funding agreements relating to 
patents and nonprofit organizations to be used for scientific research, 
          development, and education, 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. FUNDING AGREEMENTS.

    Section 202(c)(7)(E)(i) of title 35, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(or in the case of a facility with an 
        annual budget of less than $40,000,000, 15 percent of the 
        annual budget of the facility)'' after ``equal to 5 percent of 
        the annual budget of the facility''; and
            (2) by inserting ``(or in the case of a facility with an 
        annual budget of less than $40,000,000, 15 percent of the 
        annual budget of the facility)'' after ``exceeds 5 percent of 
        the annual budget of the facility''.
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