PUBLIC LAW 103-182—DEC. 8, 1993 107 STAT. 2113 (3) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. —T here are authorized to be appropriated $20,000,000 for each fiscal year to carry out this subsection. (i) BIENNIAL REPORT ON EFFECTS OF THE AGREEMENT ON AMER- ICAN AGRICULTURE. — (1) IN GENERAL.— The Secretary of Agriculture shall prepare a biennial report on the effects of the A^eement on United States producers of agricultural commodities and on rural communities located in the United States. (2) CONTENTS OF REPORT. — The report required under this subsection shall include— (A) an assessment of the effects of implementing the Agreement on the various agricultural commodities affected by the Agreement, on a commodity-by-commodity basis; (B) an assessment of the efiTects of implementing the Agreement on investments made in United States agriculture and on rural communities located in the United States; (C) an assessment of the effects of implementing the Agreement on employment in United States agriculture, including any gains or losses of jobs in businesses directly or indirectly related to United States agriculture; and (D) such other information and data as the Secretary determines appropriate. (3) SUBMISSION OF REPORT. —The Secretary shall furnish the report required under this subsection to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate and to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives. The report shall be due every 2 years and shall be submitted by March 1 of the year in which the report is due. The first report shall be due by March 1, 1997, and the final report shall be due by March 1, 2011. Subtitle C—Intellectual Property SEC. 331. TREATMENT OF INVENTIVE ACTIVITY. Section 104 of title 35, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: "§ 104. Invention made abroad (a) IN GENERAL.— In proceedings in the Patent and Trademark Office, in the courts, and before any other competent authority, an applicant for a patent, or a patentee, may not establish a date of invention by reference to knowledge or use thereof, or other activity with respect thereto, in a foreign country other than a NAFTA country, except as provided in sections 119 and 365 of this title. Where an invention was made by a person, civil or military, while domiciled in the United States or a NAFTA country and serving in any other country in connection with operations by or on behalf of the United States or a NAFTA country, the person shall be entitled to the same rights of priority in the United States with respect to such invention as if such invention had been made in the United States or a NAFTA country. To the extent that any information in a NAFTA country concerning knowledge, use, or other activity relevant to proving or disproving a date of invention has not been made available for use in a
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