United States Patent and Trademark Office Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

United States Patent and Trademark Office Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010 - Makes supplemental FY2010 appropriations of $129 million to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office of the Department of Commerce.

Rescinds the same amount of appropriations, currently available under the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010 for periodic censuses and programs, from the Bureau of the Census.

[111th Congress Public Law 224]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



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Public Law 111-224
111th Congress

                                 An Act


 
  Making supplemental appropriations for the United States Patent and 
Trademark Office for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for 
         other purposes. <<NOTE: Aug. 10, 2010 -  [H.R. 5874]>> 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress <<NOTE: United States Patent and 
Trademark Office Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010.>> assembled, 
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2010, and for other purposes, namely:

                         DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

                United States Patent and Trademark Office

    For an additional amount for ``Salaries and Expenses'' of the United 
States Patent and Trademark Office, $129,000,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That the sum herein appropriated from the 
general fund shall be reduced as offsetting collections assessed and 
collected pursuant to 15 U.S.C. 1113 and 35 U.S.C. 41 and 376 are 
received during fiscal year 2010, so as to result in a fiscal year 2010 
appropriation from the general fund estimated at $0: Provided further, 
That during fiscal year 2010, should the total amount of offsetting fee 
collections be less than $2,016,000,000, this amount shall be reduced 
accordingly.

                          Bureau of the Census

                     periodic censuses and programs

    Of funds <<NOTE: Recission.>> made available under this heading by 
Public Law 111-117, $129,000,000 are hereby rescinded.

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     This Act may be cited as the ``United States Patent and Trademark 
Office Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010''.

    Approved August 10, 2010.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 5874:
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 156 (2010):
            July 28, considered and passed House.
            July 29, considered and passed Senate.

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