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 118 STAT. 2878 PUBLIC LAW 108–447—DEC. 8, 2004 entity for travel, subsistence, or related expenses for the purpose of enabling an employee to attend and participate in a convention, conference, or meeting when the entity offering payment or reimbursement is a person or corporation subject to regulation by the Office, or represents a person or corporation subject to regulation by the Office, unless the person or corporation is an organization exempt from taxation pursuant to section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. In addition, fees authorized by title VIII of this Act may be collected and credited to this account as offsetting collections: Pro vided, That not to exceed $218,754,000 derived from such offsetting collections shall be available until expended for authorized purposes: Provided further, That not less than 58 full time equivalents, 72 positions and $5,551,000 shall be for the examination of trademark applications; and not less than 378 full time equivalents, 709 posi tions and $106,986,000 shall be for the examination and searching of patent applications: Provided further, That not more than 20 full time equivalents, 20 positions and $4,955,000 shall be for the Office of the General Counsel: Provided further, That the total amount appropriated from fees collected in fiscal year 2005, including such increased fees, shall not exceed $1,574,754,000: Pro vided further, That in fiscal year 2005, from the amounts made available for ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ for the United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO), the amounts necessary to pay: (1) the difference between the percentage of basic pay contributed by the PTO and employees under section 8334(a) of title 5, United States Code, and the normal cost percentage (as defined by section 8331(17) of that title) of basic pay, of employees subject to sub chapter III of chapter 83 of that title; and (2) the present value of the otherwise unfunded accruing costs, as determined by the Office of Personnel Management, of post retirement life insurance and post retirement health benefits coverage for all PTO employees, shall be transferred to the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund, the Employees Life Insurance Fund, and the Employees Health Benefits Fund, as appropriate, and shall be available for the authorized purposes of those accounts. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY TECHNOLOGY ADMINISTRATION SALARIES AND EXPENSES For necessary expenses for the Under Secretary for Technology Office of Technology Policy, $6,547,000: Provided, That section 8(a) of the Technology Administration Act of 1998 (15 U.S.C. 1511e(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘Technology Administration of’’ after ‘‘within the’’: Provided further, That $200,000 is for the World Congress on Information Technology. NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH AND SERVICES For necessary expenses of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, $383,892,000, to remain available until expended, of which not to exceed $2,900,000 may be transferred to the ‘‘Working Capital Fund’’.

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