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HR 2582 113th Congress House Economics and Public Finance Appropriations Budget deficits and national debt Department of Commerce Executive agency funding and structure Intellectual property

PATENT Jobs Act

Introduced: June 28, 2013 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
Jun 28, 2013
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Patents and Trademarks Encourage New Technology Jobs Act or the PATENT Jobs Act - Requires, notwithstanding the presidential sequestration order issued on March 1, 2013, that the budgetary resources sequestered with respect to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) be available for obligation for the same purpose and in the same manner as if such order had not been issued.

Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to expand the list of budget accounts exempt from reduction under certain sequestration orders issued by the President to include the USPTO.

What's happening now June 28, 2013

Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 6
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Peters, Gary C.
Michigan · Oct 30, 2013
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Huffman, Jared
California · Aug 2, 2013
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Peters, Scott H.
California · Aug 2, 2013
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Sherman, Brad
California · Aug 2, 2013
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Waters, Maxine
California · Aug 2, 2013
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Lofgren, Zoe
California · Jun 28, 2013
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2582: PATENT Jobs Act. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-2582/
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"H.R. 2582: PATENT Jobs Act." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-2582/.
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H.R. 2582, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-2582/.
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