PUBLIC LAW 105-277—OCT. 21, 1998 112 STAT. 2681-82 PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE SALARIES AND EXPENSES For necessary expenses of the Patent and Trademark Office provided for by law, including defense of suits instituted against the Commissioner of Patents gmid Trademarks, $643,026,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That of this amount, $643,026,000 shall be derived from offsetting collections assessed and collected pursuant to 15 U.S.C. 1113 and 35 U.S.C. 41 and 376, and shall be retained and used for necessary expenses in this appropriation: Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated from the General Fund shall be reduced as such offsetting collections are received during fiscal year 1999, so as to result in a final fiscal year 1999 appropriation from the General Fund estimated at $0: Provided further. That, during fiscal year 1999, should the total amount of offsetting fee collections be less than $643,026,000, the total amounts available to the Patent and Trademark Office shall be reduced accordingly: Provided further, That any amount received in excess of $643,026,000 in fiscal year 1999 shall remain available until expended, but shall not be available for obligation until October 1, 1999: Provided further. That the amounts charged for patent fees under 35 U.S.C. 41(a) and (b) shall be the amounts cnarged by the Patent and Trademark Office on September 30, 1998, including any applicable surcharges collected pursuant to section 8001 of Public Law 103-66: Provided further, That such fees shall be credited as offsetting collections and shall be retained and used for necessary expenses in this appropriation: Provided further. That upon enactment of a statute reauthorizing the Patent and Trademark Office or establishing a successor agency or agencies, and upon the subsequent enactment of a new patent fee schedule, the fifth proviso in this paragraph shall no longer have effect: Provided further. That, in addition to amounts otherwise made available under this heading, not to exceed $102,000,000 of such amounts collected shall be available for obligation in fiscal year 1999 for purposes as authorized by law: Provided further. That any amount received in excess of $102,000,000 in fiscal year 1999 shall remain available until expended, but shall not be available for obligation until October 1, 1999. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY TECHNOLOGY ADMINISTRATION UNDER SECRETARY FOR TECHNOLOGY/OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY POLICY SALARIES AND EXPENSES For necessary expenses for the Under Secretsiry for Technology/ Office of Technology Policy, $9,495,000, of which not to exceed $1,600,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2000. NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH AND SERVICES For necessary expenses of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, $280,136,000, to remain available until expended,
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