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H. Rept. 114-877 1 (2016-12-16)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxryz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUT-ENTICATED US. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GP 114TH CONGRESS REPORT 2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 114-877 TARGETING ROGUE AND OPAQUE LETTERS ACT OF 2015 DECEMBER 16, 2016.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. UPTON, from the Committee on Energy and Commerce, submitted the following REPORT together with DISSENTING VIEWS [To accompany H.R. 2045] [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] The Committee on Energy and Commerce, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 2045) to provide that certain bad faith communica- tions in connection with the assertion of a United States patent are unfair or deceptive acts or practices, and for other purposes, having considered the same, report favorably thereon without amendment and recommend that the bill do pass. CONTENTS Page Purpose and Sum m ary ............................................................................................ 2 Background and Need for Legislation ................................................................... 3 H earings ................................................................................................................... 5 Com m ittee Consideration ........................................................................................ 6 C om m ittee V otes ...................................................................................................... 6 Com m ittee Oversight Findings ............................................................................... 10 Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives .................................... 10 New Budget Authority, Entitlement Authority, and Tax Expenditures ............. 10 Earmark, Limited Tax Benefits, and Limited Tariff Benefits ............................. 10 Com m ittee Cost Estim ate ....................................................................................... 10 Congressional Budget Office Estimate ................................................................... 10 Federal M andates Statem ent ................................................................................. 11 Duplication of Federal Program s ............................................................................ 11 Disclosure of Directed Rule M akings ..................................................................... 12 Advisory Com m ittee Statem ent .............................................................................. 12 Applicability to Legislative Branch ........................................................................ 12 Section-by-Section Analysis of the Legislation ...................................................... 12 69-006

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