,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #adef  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #ad1      
#bjai,mr4 ,lee 7for himself1 ,mr4       
,risch1 ,mr4 ,perdue1 ,mr4 ,cruz1 and   
,mr4 ,young7 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 #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      
,definitions ,in this section-- 7#a7 the

 term agency--  7,a7 has the meaning    
given that 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 ,office2 and     
7#b7 the term loan guarantee has the    
meaning given the term in section #ejb  
of the ,federal ,credit ,reform ,act of 
#aiij 7#b ,u4,s4,c4 #ffa;a74  #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