[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 207 (Tuesday, December 8, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7285-S7286]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    TELEWORK FOR U.S. INNOVATION ACT

  Mr. PORTMAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
now proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 569, S. 
4138.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 4138) to amend title 5, United States Code, to 
     make permanent the authority of the United States Patent and 
     Trademark Office to conduct a telework travel expenses 
     program.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. PORTMAN. I ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered read 
a third time and passed and that the motion to reconsider be considered 
made and laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (S. 4138) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, 
was read the third time, and passed, as follows

                                S. 4138

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

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     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Telework for U.S. Innovation 
     Act''.

     SEC. 2. 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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