[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 127 (Monday, July 20, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S4297]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2466. Mr. LANKFORD (for himself, Ms. Sinema, and Mr. Coons) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2301 
proposed by Mr. Inhofe to the bill S. 4049, to authorize appropriations 
for fiscal year 2021 for military activities of the Department of 
Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the 
Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for 
such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on 
the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. TELEWORK TRAVEL EXPENSES PROGRAM OF THE UNITED 
                   STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE.

       (a) In General.--Section 5711 of title 5, United States 
     Code, is amended--
       (1) in the section heading, by striking ``test'';
       (2) in subsection (f)--
       (A) in paragraph (1)--
       (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking 
     ``committee'' and inserting ``committees''; and
       (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``Government'';
       (B) in paragraph (2)--
       (i) by striking ``test''; and
       (ii) by striking ``section , including the provision of 
     reports in accordance with subsection (d)(1)'' and inserting 
     ``subsection'';
       (C) in paragraph (4)(B), in the matter preceding clause 
     (i), by inserting ``and maintain'' after ``develop''; and
       (D) in paragraph (5)--
       (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``test''; and
       (ii) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the 
     following:
       ``(B) The Director of the Patent and Trademark Office shall 
     prepare and submit to the appropriate committees of Congress 
     an annual report on the operation of the program under this 
     subsection, which shall include--
       ``(i) the costs and benefits of the program; and
       ``(ii) an analysis of the effectiveness of the program, as 
     determined under criteria developed by the Director.''; and
       (3) in subsection (g), by striking ``this section'' and 
     inserting ``subsection (b)''.
       (b) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--The table of 
     sections for subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, United 
     States Code, is amended by striking the item relating to 
     section 5711 and inserting the following:

``5711. Authority for telework travel expenses programs.''.
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