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H. Rept. 114-235 1 (2015-07-29)

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                     114TH CONGRESS                                         REPORT
                        1st Session    HOUSE   OF REPRESENTATIVES           114-235






                                            INNOVATION ACT




                      JULY 29, 2015.-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


                                                together with


                                           DISSENTING VIEWS

                                             [To accompany H.R. 9]

                              [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]

                      The  Committee   on the  Judiciary, to whom  was  referred the bill
                    (H.R.  9) to amend   title 35, United States  Code, and  the Leahy-
                    Smith  America   Invents Act  to make  improvements and technical
                    corrections, and for other purposes, having considered the same,  re-
                    ports favorably thereon  with an  amendment   and  recommends   that
                    the bill as amended  do pass.

                                                 CONTENTS
                                                                                     Page
                    The A m endm ent   .....................................................................................................  2
                    Purpose and Sum m ary ............................................................................................  21
                    Background and Need for the Legislation      ............................................................. 23
                    H earings ...................................................................................................................  53
                    Com m ittee Consideration  ........................................................................................  54
                    C om m ittee  V otes  ......................................................................................................  54
                    Com m ittee Oversight  Findings  ...............................................................................  58
                    New Budget Authority and Tax Expenditures ......................................................  58
                    Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate ..........................................................  58
                    Duplication of Federal Program   s  ............................................................................  60
                    Disclosure of Directed  Rule  M akings  .....................................................................  60
                    Perform ance Goals  and  Objectives  .........................................................................  60
                    A dvisory on  Earm arks  .............................................................................................  61
                    Section-by-Section  Analysis   ....................................................................................  61
                    A gency V iew s  ...........................................................................................................  81
                    Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported ..................................... 89
                    D issenting  V iew s  .....................................................................................................  167
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