,,ii  #aadth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #caii  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #ac1     
#bjaf ,mr4 ,lee 7for himself1 ,mr4      
,paul1 ,mr4 ,hatch1 ,mr4 ,rounds1 ,mr4  
,shelby1 ,mr4 ,mc,connell1 ,mr4 ,cruz1  
and ,mr4 ,risch7 introduced the         
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,homeland
 ,security and ,governmental ,affairs   
,a ,,bill  ,to require the appropriation
 of funds to use a fee1 fine1 penalty1  
or proceeds from a settlement received  
by a ,federal agency1 and for other     
purposes4  #a4 ,short title  ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,agency             
,accountability ,act of #bjaf4  #b4     
,appropriation of funds required  7a7   
,definition ,in this section1 the term  
agency-- 7#a7 has the meaning given the 
term in section #eea of title #e1       
,united ,states ,code2 and  7#b7 does   
not include the ,united ,states ,postal 
,service or the ,united ,states ,patent 
and ,trademark ,office4  7b7            

,requirement ,notwithstanding any other 
provision of law1 each agency that      
receives a fee1 fine1 penalty1 or       
proceeds from a settlement shall deposit
 such amount in the general fund of the 
,treasury4  7c7 ,use of amounts  7#a7   
,subject to appropriation ,consistent   
with paragraph 7#b71 any amounts        
deposited pursuant to subsection 7b7    
shall only be available to the extent1  
and in such amounts1 as are provided in 
advance in appropriation ,acts4  7#b7   
,obligation limitation2 deficit         
reduction ,of the amounts deposited     
pursuant to subsection 7b7 during the   
fiscal year in which this ,act is       
enacted1 those amounts--  7,a7 may not  
be available for obligation during the  
fiscal year2 and  7,b7 shall be used for
 purposes of deficit reduction4  7d7    
,,uspto report to congress required ,not
 later than ,march #a of each year1 the 
,under ,secretary of ,commerce for      
,intellectual ,property and ,director of
 the ,united ,states ,patent and        

,trademark ,office shall submit to      
,congress a report that describes any   
fee1 fine1 penalty1 or proceeds from a  
settlement collected by the ,united     
,states ,patent and ,trademark ,office  
for the previous fiscal year4  #c4      
,offsetting receipts and collections as 
revenue  7a7 ,in general ,the           
,congressional ,budget and ,impoundment 
,control ,act of #aigd 7#b ,u4,s4,c4    
#fba et seq47 is amended-- 7#a7 in      
section #c7b77;,a77iv7 7#b ,u4,s4,c4    
#fbb7b77;,a77iv771 by inserting except  
as provided in section #caf1 before     
offsetting receipts2 and  7#b7 by       
inserting after section #cae 7#b        
,u4,s4,c4 #fde;a7 the following3  #caf4 
,treatment of offsetting receipts and   
collections ,notwithstanding any other  
provision of law1 offsetting receipts   
and collections shall be treated as     
revenue for purposes of carrying out    
this or any other ,act4 ,the preceding  
sentence shall not apply to the ,united 
,states ,postal ,service or the ,united 

,states ,patent and ,trademark ,office4 
4  7b7 ,clerical amendment ,the table of
 contents in section #a7;b7 of the      
,congressional ,budget and ,impoundment 
,control ,act of #aigd is amended by    
inserting after the item relating to    
section #cae the following3  ,sec4 #caf4
 ,treatment of offsetting receipts and  
collections4  4  7c7 ,application ,the  
amendments made by this section shall   
apply during budget years 7as that term 
is defined in section #bej7;c77#ab7 of  
the ,balanced ,budget and ,emergency    
,deficit ,control ,act of #aihe 7#b     
,u4,s4,c4 #ijj7;c77#ab777 beginning in  
#bjah4