[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5874 Received in Senate (RDS)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5874


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 29, 2010

                                Received

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                                 AN ACT


 
  Making supplemental appropriations for the United States Patent and 
Trademark Office for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for 
                            other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, 
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2010, and for other purposes, namely:

                         DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

               United States Patent and Trademark Office

    For an additional amount for ``Salaries and Expenses'' of the 
United States Patent and Trademark Office, $129,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That the sum herein appropriated 
from the general fund shall be reduced as offsetting collections 
assessed and collected pursuant to 15 U.S.C. 1113 and 35 U.S.C. 41 and 
376 are received during fiscal year 2010, so as to result in a fiscal 
year 2010 appropriation from the general fund estimated at $0: Provided 
further, That during fiscal year 2010, should the total amount of 
offsetting fee collections be less than $2,016,000,000, this amount 
shall be reduced accordingly.

                          Bureau of the Census

                     periodic censuses and programs

    Of funds made available under this heading by Public Law 111-117, 
$129,000,000 are hereby rescinded.
     This Act may be cited as the ``United States Patent and Trademark 
Office Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010''.

            Passed the House of Representatives July 28, 2010.

            Attest:

                                            LORRAINE C. MILLER,

                                                                 Clerk.