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115TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 115-966
STUDY OF UNDERREPRESENTED CLASSES CHASING
ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE SUCCESS ACT OF 2018
SEPTEMBER 25, 2018.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. GOODLATTE, from the Committee on the Judiciary,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 6758]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill
(H.R. 6758) to direct the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellec-
tual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trade-
mark Office, in consultation with the Administrator of the Small
Business Administration, to study and provide recommendations to
promote the participation of women and minorities in entrepre-
neurship activities and the patent system, to extend by 8 years the
Patent and Trademark Office's authority to set the amounts for the
fees it charges, and for other purposess, having considered the
same, report favorably thereon with amendments and recommend
that the bill as amended do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
T h e A m en dm ent ..................................................................................................... 2
Purpose and Sum m ary ........................................................................................... 3
Background and Need for the Legislation ............................................................ 3
H e arin g s ................................................................................................................... 4
C om m ittee C onsideration ....................................................................................... 4
C om m ittee V otes ...................................................................................................... 4
Com m ittee Oversight Findings ............................................................................... 4
New Budget Authority and Tax Expenditures ...................................................... 5
Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate .......................................................... 5
Duplication of Federal Program s ........................................................................... 6
Disclosure of Directed Rule M akings .................................................................... 6
Perform ance Goals and Objectives ......................................................................... 6
A dvisory on E arm ark s ............................................................................................ . 6
Section-by-Section A nalysis ................................................................................... . 7
Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported .................................... 7
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