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 118 STAT. 2877 PUBLIC LAW 108–447—DEC. 8, 2004 engineering, and related activities by the Institute for Telecommuni cation Sciences of NTIA, in furtherance of its assigned functions under this paragraph, and such funds received from other Govern ment agencies shall remain available until expended. PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES, PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION For the administration of grants authorized by section 392 of the Communications Act of 1934, $21,769,000, to remain available until expended as authorized by section 391 of the Act: Provided, That not to exceed $2,000,000 shall be available for program administration as authorized by section 391 of the Act: Provided further, That, notwithstanding the provisions of section 391 of the Act, the prior year unobligated balances may be made available for grants for projects for which applications have been submitted and approved during any fiscal year. INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS For the administration of prior year grants, recoveries and unobligated balances of funds previously appropriated for grants are available only for the administration of all open grants until their expiration. UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE SALARIES AND EXPENSES For necessary expenses of the United States Patent and Trade mark Office provided for by law, including defense of suits instituted against the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, $1,336,000,000, to remain available until expended, which shall be derived from offsetting collections assessed and collected pursu ant to 15 U.S.C. 1113 and 35 U.S.C. 41 and 376, and shall be retained and used for necessary expenses: Provided, That the sum herein appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced as such offsetting collections are received during fiscal year 2005, so as to result in a fiscal year 2005 appropriation from the general fund estimated at $0: Provided further, That during fiscal year 2005, should the total amount of offsetting fee collections be less than $1,356,000,000, this amount shall be reduced accordingly: Provided further, That not less than 526 full time equivalents, 530 positions and $72,899,000 shall be for the examination of trade mark applications; and not less than 5,057 full time equivalents, 5,139 positions and $759,021,000 shall be for the examination and searching of patent applications: Provided further, That not more than 244 full time equivalents, 251 positions and $31,906,000 shall be for the Office of the General Counsel: Provided further, That of amounts made available under this heading, $20,000,000 shall only be available for initiatives to protect United States intellectual property overseas: Provided further, That from amounts provided herein, not to exceed $1,000 shall be made available in fiscal year 2005 for official reception and representation expenses: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 1353 of title 31, United States Code, no employee of the United States Patent and Trademark Office may accept payment or reimbursement from a non Federal

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