[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5108 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5108

To establish the Law School Clinic Certification Program of the United 
      States Patent and Trademark Office, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 15, 2014

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

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                                 A BILL


 
To establish the Law School Clinic Certification Program of the United 
      States Patent and Trademark Office, 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. USPTO LAW SCHOOL CLINIC CERTIFICATION PROGRAM.

    (a) Establishment.--The Law School Clinic Certification Program of 
the United States Patent and Trademark Office, as implemented by the 
United States Patent and Trademark Office, is established as a program 
entitled the ``Law School Clinic Certification Program''. The Under 
Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the 
United States Patent and Trademark Office (in this section referred to 
as the ``Director'') may establish regulations and procedures for 
application to and participation in the program, which shall be 
available to accredited law schools. The Law School Clinic 
Certification Program shall be in effect for the 10-year period 
beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act.
    (b) Report on the Program.--The Director shall, not later than the 
last day of the 2-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of 
this Act, submit to the Committees on the Judiciary of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate a report on the Law School Clinic 
Certification Program, describing the number of law schools and law 
students participating in the program, the work done through the 
program, the benefits of the program, and any recommendations of the 
Director for modifications to the program.
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