[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 16 (Tuesday, February 10, 2004)]
[House]
[Page H435]
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                               AMENDMENTS

  Under clause 8 of rule XVIII, proposed amendments were submitted as 
follows:

                               H.R. 1561

                        Offered By: Mr. Manzullo

       Amendment No. 1: Page 12, insert the following after line 
     16 and redesignate the succeeding subsections accordingly:
       (d) Fees for Small Entities.--Section 41(h) of title 35, 
     United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
     following new paragraph:
       ``(3)(A) The fees and surcharges in effect on February 10, 
     2004, under paragraphs (1) and (2) for entities described in 
     paragraph (1) shall remain in effect after that date, subject 
     to subparagraph (B).
       ``(B) A fee or surcharge to which subparagraph (A) applies 
     may be adjusted on October 1, 2009, and on October 1 of each 
     5th year thereafter, to reflect any fluctuations during the 
     preceding 5-year period in the Consumer Price Index, as 
     determined by the Secretary of Commerce. Changes of less than 
     1 percent may be ignored.
       ``(C) No fee or surcharge under this section may be imposed 
     on any entity described in paragraph (1) after February 10, 
     2004, for any purpose other than the purposes for which fees 
     and surcharges under this section are in effect with respect 
     to such entity on that date.''.