Amendment112th Congress
Amendment lists criteria that the Patent Trade Office Director must take into account when selecting satellite offices in the United States.
- Amendment Number
- 496
- Description
- Amendment lists criteria that the Patent Trade Office Director must take into account when selecting satellite offices in the United States.
- Purpose
- An amendment numbered 6 printed in Part B of House Report 112-111 to add requirements to the satellite office location selection process to ensure that (1) the purposes, as described in the bill, of establishing satellite offices are achieved, (2) recruitment costs are minimized by considering the availability of knowledgeable personnel in the region, and (3) the economic impact to the region is considered. It would also require that the Director in the required report to Congress on the rationale in selecting the location of any satellite office include an explanation of how the selected location will achieve the purposes of satellite offices and how the required considerations were met.
- Congress
- 112
- Type
- HAMDT
- Latest Action Date
- Jun 23, 2011
- Latest Action Text
- On agreeing to the Lujan amendment (A006) Agreed to by voice vote.
- Latest Action Time
- 14:48:59
- Submitted Date
- Jun 23, 2011
- Chamber
- House of Representatives
- Update Date
- Jul 11, 2021