,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hej  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #bi1        
#bjai,mr4 ,palmer 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,arrington1 ,mr4 ,brady1 ,mr4 ,brooks of
 ,alabama1 ,mr4 ,buck1 ,mr4 ,budd1 ,mr4 
,byrne1 ,mr4 ,cloud1 ,mr4 ,davidson of  
,ohio1 ,mr4 ,duncan1 ,mr4 ,fleischmann1 
,ms4 ,foxx of ,north ,carolina1 ,mr4    
,gaetz1 ,mr4 ,gibbs1 ,mr4 ,gosar1 ,mr4  
,hunter1 ,mr4 ,king of ,iowa1 ,mrs4     
,lesko1 ,mr4 ,loudermilk1 ,mr4          
,marshall1 ,mr4 ,meadows1 ,mr4          
,moolenaar1 ,mr4 ,mooney of ,west       
,virginia1 ,mr4 ,norman1 ,mr4           
,ratcliffe1 ,mr4 ,schweikert1 ,mr4      
,walker1 ,mrs4 ,walorski1 ,mr4          
,westerman1 ,mr4 ,yoho1 ,mr4 ,zeldin1   
,mr4 ,conaway1 ,mr4 ,posey1 ,mr4        
,griffith1 ,mr4 ,smith of ,missouri1    
,mr4 ,babin1 ,mr4 ,austin ,scott of     
,georgia1 ,mr4 ,david ,p4 ,roe of       
,tennessee1 ,mr4 ,lamborn1 ,mr4 ,carter 
of ,georgia1 ,mr4 ,womack1 ,mr4 ,cole1  
,mr4 ,hill of ,arkansas1 ,mr4 ,mitchell1

 ,mr4 ,des,jarlais1 ,mr4 ,hice of       
,georgia1 ,mr4 ,gohmert1 ,mr4 ,harris1  
,mr4 ,rice of ,south ,carolina1 ,mr4    
,thompson of ,pennsylvania1 ,mr4 ,emmer1
 ,mr4 ,allen1 ,mr4 ,la,hood1 ,mrs4      
,hartzler1 ,mr4 ,rouzer1 ,mr4 ,roy1 ,mr4
 ,walberg1 ,mr4 ,mc,henry1 ,mr4 ,chabot1
 ,mr4 ,lucas1 ,mr4 ,wenstrup1 ,mr4 ,john
 ,w4 ,rose of ,tennessee1 and ,mr4      
,steube7 introduced the following bill2 
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,oversight and ,reform1 and in addition 
to the ,committees on the ,judiciary1   
the ,budget1 and ,rules1 for a period to
 be subsequently determined by the      
,speaker1 in each case for consideration
 of such provisions as fall within the  
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,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 #bjai4  #b4     

,appropriation of funds required  7a7   
,in general ,notwithstanding any other  
provision of law1 and consistent with   
subsection 7c71 an agency that receives 
a fee1 fine1 penalty1 or proceeds from a
 settlement shall deposit such amount in
 the general fund of the ,treasury4  7b7
 ,use of amounts subject to             
appropriation ,any amounts deposited    
pursuant to subsection 7a7 shall only be
 available to the extent1 and in such   
amounts1 as are provided in advance in  
appropriation ,acts4  7c7 ,exceptions   
,this section shall not apply to any of 
the following3 7#a7 ,amounts to be paid 
to an individual entitled to such       
amounts as a whistleblower1 including   
any amounts received as a percentage of 
amounts received by the ,government     
pursuant to a judgment or settlement    
agreement4  7#b7 ,a loan guarantee      
program4  7#c7 ,an insurance program4   
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  7e7 ,agency defined ,the  
term agency has the meaning given that  
term in section #eea of title #e1       
,united ,states ,code1 but does not     
include the ,united ,states ,postal     
,service or the ,united ,states ,patent 
and ,trademark ,office4  #c4 ,offsetting
 collections and receipts as revenue    
7a7 ,in general ,the ,congressional     
,budget ,act of #aigd 7#b ,u4,s4,c4 #fba
 et seq47 is amended-- 7#a7 in section  
#c7b77;,a77iv71 by inserting except as  
provided in section #caf1 before        
offsetting receipts2 and  7#b7 by adding
 after section #cae the following3      
#caf4 ,treatment of offsetting          
collections and receipts                

,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 of such ,act is amended by     
inserting after the item relating to    
section #cae the following3  #caf4      
,treatment of offsetting collections and
 receipts4  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 one 
year after the date of the enactment of 
this ,act4