Melvin Watt: “I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is…”

“I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 3, line 18, strike ``or (d)'' and insert the following: ``(d), or (e)''. Page 5, insert after line 7 the following: (e) Exception for Regulatory Actions Pertaining to Certain Intellectual Property Rules.--An agency may take a significant regulatory action if the significant regulatory action is a regulatory action by the United States Patent and Trademark Office that will help streamline the application processes for patents and trademarks, including rules implementing the micro entity provision of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act. Page 10, insert after line 13 the following and redesignate provisions accordingly: (c) Intellectual Property Exception.--Section 202 shall not apply to a midnight rule if the midnight rule is a rule made by the United States Patent and Trademark Office that will help streamline the application processes for patents and trademarks, including regulations implementing the micro entity provision of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act.…”