S 1258 IS.
Patent Fee Integrity and Innovation Protection Act of 1999.
Sponsor: Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT).
Date Introduced: June 22, 1999.
Source: Library of Congress.
| 106th CONGRESS 1st Session |
S. 1258 |
To authorize funds for the payment of salaries and expenses of the Patent and Trademark Office, and for other purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
June 22, 1999
Mr. HATCH (for himself and Mr. LEAHY) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To authorize funds for the payment of salaries and expenses of the Patent and Trademark Office, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
This Act may be cited as the `Patent Fee Integrity and Innovation Protection Act of 1999'.
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.
This Act shall take effect on October 1, 1999.