[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Pages 15340-15341]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




       PATENT FEE INTEGRITY AND INNOVATION PROTECTION ACT OF 1999

  Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
now proceed to the consideration of Calendar No. 193, S. 1258.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 1258) to authorize funds for the payment of 
     salaries and expenses of the Patent and Trademark Office, and 
     for other purposes.

  There being no objection, Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. GORTON. I ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered read 
a third time and passed, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the 
table, and that any statements relating to the bill be printed in the 
Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (S. 1258) was considered read the third time and passed, as 
follows:

                                S. 1258

       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 ``Patent Fee Integrity and 
     Innovation Protection Act of 1999''.

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     SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

       There are authorized to be made available for the payment 
     of salaries and necessary expenses of the Patent and 
     Trademark Office in fiscal year 2000, $116,000,000 from fees 
     collected in fiscal year 1999 and such fees as are collected 
     in fiscal year 2000 pursuant to title 35, United States Code, 
     and the Trademark Act of 1946 (15 U.S.C. 1051 et seq.), 
     except that the Commissioner is not authorized to charge and 
     collect fees to cover the accrued indirect personnel costs 
     associated with post-retirement health and life insurance of 
     officers and employees of the Patent and Trademark Office 
     other than those charged and collected pursuant to title 35, 
     United States Code, and the Trademark Act of 1946.

     SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

       This Act shall take effect on October 1, 1999.

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