[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2236 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2236

  To amend title 35, United States Code, to modify the definition of 
                             micro entity.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 4, 2013

     Mr. Chabot (for himself, Ms. Lofgren, Ms. Eshoo, Ms. Chu, Mr. 
Farenthold, Mr. Chaffetz, and Mr. Coble) introduced the following bill; 
          which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 35, United States Code, to modify the definition of 
                             micro entity.

    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 ``Promoting Startup Innovation Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF MICRO ENTITY.

    (a) In General.--Section 123 of title 35, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ``more than 4'' 
                and inserting ``more than 7'';
                    (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ``3 times'' and 
                inserting ``5 times''; and
                    (C) in paragraph (4), by striking ``3 times'' and 
                inserting ``5 times''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(f) Determinations on Applications for Status.--The Director 
shall approve or deny any application for status as a micro entity not 
later than 45 days after the date on which the application is 
submitted.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply with respect to applications for status as a micro entity that 
are submitted on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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