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
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Everywhere this bill has been
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To President
Became law
Jun 28, 2013
Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
Jun 28, 2013
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
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
Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
Committees of jurisdiction
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