S.Amdt. 2466

SA 2466. Mr. LANKFORD (for himself, Ms. Sinema, and Mr. Coons)
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2301
proposed by Mr. Inhofe to the bill S. 4049, to authorize appropriations
for fiscal year 2021 for military activities of the Department of
Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the
Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for
such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on
the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. 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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