105 STAT. 1636 PUBLIC LAW 102-204—DEC. 10, 1991 Public Law 102-204 102d Congress An Act Dec. 10, 1991 [H.R. 3531] Patent and Trademark Office Authorization Act of 1991. 35 USC 41 note. Effective date. 35 USC 41 note. To authorize appropriations for the Patent and Trademark Office in the Department of Commerce for fiscal year 1992, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the Authorization Act of 1991". 'Patent and Trademark Office SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. (a) AUTHORIZATION.— There are authorized to be appropriated to the Patent and Trademark Office for fiscal year 1992— (1) $95,000,000 for salaries and necessary expenses, which shall be derived from deposits in the Patent and Trademark Office Fee Surcharge Fund established under section 10101 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-508); (2) such sums as are equal to the amount collected during that year from fees under title 35, United States Code, and the Trademark Act of 1946 (15 U.S.C. 1051 and following); and (3) $24,000,000 for administrative, capital, or other expenditures not provided for under paragraphs (1) and (2). (b) AMENDMENTS TO BUDGET RECONCIUATION ACT.— Section 10101 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 (Public Law 101- 508) is amended as follows: (1) Subsection (a) is amended— (A) by striking "of 69 percent, rounded by standard arithmetic rules,"; and (B) by inserting before the period ", in order to ensure that the amounts specified in subsection (c) are collected". (2) Subsection (b)(l)(B) is amended by inserting "of these surcharges," after "(B)". (3) Subsection (c) is amended— (A) by striking "REVISIONS" and inserting "ESTABLISH- MENT OF SURCHARGES"; and (B) by striking "surcharges" and all that follows through "Trademarks" and inserting "the Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks shall establish surcharges under subsection (a)". (c) WAIVER OF CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS.— Surcharges established for fiscal year 1992 under section 10101(c) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 may take effect on or after 1 day after such surcharges are published in the Federal Register. Section 553 of title 5, United States Code, shall not apply to the establishment of such surcharges for fiscal year 1992.,
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