Sec. 2. Negotiation of international agreements relating to patent rights
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Title 35, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 40. Negotiation of international agreement 401 Sec. 401. Report required for negotiation of international agreements relating to patent rights. Not later than 60 days before the date on which the President or any official, employee, or agent of the United States initiates negotiation regarding any withdrawal, suspension, waiver, or modification of any international agreement or initiates negotiation for the entry of the United States to any international agreement, the effect of which would result in the reduction or restriction of the value, scope, or enforceability of a patent right in a manner that is more than trivial and more than merely speculative, the President or any such official, employee, or agent shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives a report on any such negotiation that includes an analysis of the quantitative and qualitative impact of the anticipated range of potential outcomes of such negotiation on— any patent right protected under this title; any right of a United States person with respect to a patent; and the United States patent system.
The term United States person means any United States citizen or alien admitted for permanent residence in the United States, and any corporation, partnership, or other organization organized under the laws of the United States. . The table of parts in title 35, United States Code, is amended— by amending the item relating to part V as follows: V. The Hague Agreement Concerning International Registration of Industrial Designs 381 ; and by adding at the end the following: VI. International Agreements 401 .