S.Amdt. 663

1. Adds Sec. ___. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, amounts are provided for "Department of Commerce--United States Patent and Trademark Office--Salaries and Expenses," for necessary expenses of the United States Patent and Trademark Office provided for by law, at a rate of operations of $2,706,313,000, 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 section 31 of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the registration and protection of trademarks used in commerce, to carry out the provisions of certain international conventions, and for other purposes", approved July 5, 1946 (commonly referred to as the "Trademark Act of 1946") (15 U.S.C. 1113) and sections 41 and 376 of title 35, United States Code, are received during fiscal year 2012, so as to result in a fiscal year 2012 appropriation from the general fund estimated at $0: Provided further, That during fiscal year 2012, should the total amount of offsetting fee collections be less than $2,706,313,000, this amount shall be reduced accordingly: Provided further, That any amount received in excess of $2,706,313,000 in fiscal year 2012 and deposited in the Patent and Trademark Fee Reserve Fund shall remain available until expended: Provided further, That the Director of the Patent and Trademark Office shall submit a spending plan to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate for any amounts made available by the preceding proviso and such spending plan shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 of division B of Public Law 111-117 and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section wherever appropriate

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   Inserted: Sec. ___. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, amounts are provided for "Department of Commerce--United States Patent and Trademark Office--Salaries and Expenses," for necessary expenses of the United States Patent and Trademark Office provided for by law, at a rate of operations of $2,706,313,000, 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 section 31 of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the registration and protection of trademarks used in commerce, to carry out the provisions of certain international conventions, and for other purposes", approved July 5, 1946 (commonly referred to as the "Trademark Act of 1946") (15 U.S.C. 1113) and sections 41 and 376 of title 35, United States Code, are received during fiscal year 2012, so as to result in a fiscal year 2012 appropriation from the general fund estimated at $0: Provided further, That during fiscal year 2012, should the total amount of offsetting fee collections be less than $2,706,313,000, this amount shall be reduced accordingly: Provided further, That any amount received in excess of $2,706,313,000 in fiscal year 2012 and deposited in the Patent and Trademark Fee Reserve Fund shall remain available until expended: Provided further, That the Director of the Patent and Trademark Office shall submit a spending plan to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate for any amounts made available by the preceding proviso and such spending plan shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 of division B of Public Law 111-117 and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section.

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