Yesterday, the Senate Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations subcommittee approved the Commerce-Justice-State appropriations bill, which includes the funding authority for the Patent and Trademark Office for FY 2007. The subcommittee approved a $1.77B appropriation for the Office – the same level approved by the House Appropriations Committee.
No substantive amendments were offered during the subcommittee markup. The full Appropriations committee is scheduled to consider the CJS bill on Thursday, and several amendments are expected.
