Signing Statement 2018-017

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Text of the Signing Statement from the White House website

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Signing Statement from President Donald
J. Trump on H.R. 6758    

  ECONOMY & JOBS    --     Issued on: October 31, 2018

 

Today, I have signed into law H.R. 6758, the “Study of Underrepresented Classes Chasing Engineering and Science Success Act of 2018” or the “SUCCESS Act” (the “Act”). The Act extends the authority of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) within the Department of Commerce to set patent and trademark fees for 8 years. It also requires a report on patents issued to certain groups.

Section 3 of the Act would require the Director of the USPTO to submit legislative recommendations to the Congress.  My Administration will treat this provision in a manner consistent with Article II, section 3 of the Constitution, which provides the President the discretion to recommend to the Congress only “such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient.”  

DONALD J. TRUMP

THE WHITE HOUSE,

October 31, 2018.

 

 


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Sources for the Signing Statement

  1. White House website
  2. PDF from GPO
  3. HTML text at GPO

Text of the Affected Law

H.R. 6758, the “Study of Underrepresented Classes Chasing Engineering and Science Success Act of 2018” or the “SUCCESS Act,” has been designated as Public Law number 115-273.

The text of H.R. 6758 from the Government Printing Office (GPO) is available as follows:

1.  PDF downloaded from the GPO
2.  PDF on the GPO website
3.  Plain text from the GPO
4.  Enrolled text from the GPO