HR 5874 · 111th Congress 2009–2011, ended

United States Patent and Trademark Office Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010

Latest action · Aug 10, 2010 Became Public Law No: 111-224.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedJul 27, 2010
  2. Passed HouseJul 28, 2010
  3. Passed SenateJul 29, 2010
  4. To the PresidentJul 30, 2010
  5. Became lawAug 10, 2010Public Law 111-224

Summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

United States Patent and Trademark Office Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010 - Makes supplemental FY2010 appropriations of $129 million to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office of the Department of Commerce.

Rescinds the same amount of appropriations, currently available under the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010 for periodic censuses and programs, from the Bureau of the Census.

Cosponsors 3

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 27, 2010 to Jul 28, 2010; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-PAPatrick J. MurphyOriginalJul 27, 2010
D-VAJames P. MoranJul 28, 2010
D-MIJohn Conyers, Jr.Jul 28, 2010

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseAppropriations Committee
Referred Jul 27, 2010

Actions 13

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Aug 10, 2010Signed by President.
  2. Aug 10, 2010Became Public Law No: 111-224.
  3. Jul 30, 2010Message on Senate action sent to the House.
  4. Jul 30, 2010Presented to President.
  5. Jul 29, 2010Passed/agreed to in Senate: Received in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6537-6538)
  6. Jul 29, 2010Cleared for White House.
  7. Jul 28, 2010Mr. Mollohan moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
  8. Jul 28, 2010Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6251-6253)
  9. Jul 28, 2010DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5874.
  10. Jul 28, 2010Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6251)
  11. Jul 28, 2010Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  12. Jul 27, 2010Introduced in House
  13. Jul 27, 2010Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.

In the Congressional Record 3

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
ExtensionsDebate and remarks E1500Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. D-GAJul 30, 2010
Senate · ExtensionsDebate and remarks E1470, S6537, S6538Barbara A. Mikulski D-MD, John Conyers, Jr. D-MI, Mary L. Landrieu D-LA, Patrick J. Leahy D-VTJul 29, 2010
HouseDebate and remarks H6251–H6253Text printed H6251Alan B. Mollohan D-WV, Frank R. Wolf R-VA, Patrick J. Murphy D-PAJul 28, 2010

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

CRS reports 9

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 9

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

Titles 5

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
Making supplemental appropriations for the United States Patent and Trademark Office for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced
United States Patent and Trademark Office Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010
Short Titles as Passed House
United States Patent and Trademark Office Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010
Short Titles as Passed Senate
United States Patent and Trademark Office Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010
Short Titles as Enacted
United States Patent and Trademark Office Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Economics and Public Finance.

Text 4

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. —Enrolled Bill
  2. Jul 29, 2010Received in Senate
  3. Jul 28, 2010Engrossed in House
  4. Jul 27, 2010Introduced in House

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