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116TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
S. 4138
AN ACT
To amend title 5, United States Code, to make permanent
the authority of the United States Patent and Trade-
mark Office to conduct a telework travel expenses pro-
gram.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Telework for U.S. In-
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novation Act’’.
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SEC. 2. TELEWORK TRAVEL EXPENSES PROGRAM OF THE
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UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK
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OFFICE.
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(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5711 of title 5, United
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States Code, is amended—
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(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘test’’;
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(2) in subsection (f)—
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(A) in paragraph (1)—
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(i) in the matter preceding subpara-
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graph (A), by striking ‘‘committee’’ and in-
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serting ‘‘committees’’; and
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(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking
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‘‘Government’’;
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(B) in paragraph (2)—
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(i) by striking ‘‘test’’; and
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(ii) by striking ‘‘section , including the
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provision of reports in accordance with
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subsection (d)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub-
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section’’;
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(C) in paragraph (4)(B), in the matter
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preceding clause (i), by inserting ‘‘and main-
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tain’’ after ‘‘develop’’; and
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(D) in paragraph (5)—
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(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking
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‘‘test’’; and
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(ii) by striking subparagraph (B) and
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inserting the following:
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‘‘(B) The Director of the Patent and Trademark Of-
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fice shall prepare and submit to the appropriate commit-
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tees of Congress an annual report on the operation of the
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program under this subsection, which shall include—
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‘‘(i) the costs and benefits of the program; and
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‘‘(ii) an analysis of the effectiveness of the pro-
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gram, as determined under criteria developed by the
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Director.’’; and
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(3) in subsection (g), by striking ‘‘this section’’
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and inserting ‘‘subsection (b)’’.
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(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
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The table of sections for subchapter I of chapter 57 of
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title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking the
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item relating to section 5711 and inserting the following:
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‘‘5711. Authority for telework travel expenses programs.’’.
Passed the Senate December 8, 2020.
Attest:
Secretary.
116TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
S. 4138
AN ACT
To amend title 5, United States Code, to make per-
manent the authority of the United States Pat-
ent and Trademark Office to conduct a telework
travel expenses program.