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[CITE: 22USC269f]

 
               TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
 
           CHAPTER 7--INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC.
 
Sec. 269f. International Bureau for the Protection of Industrial 
        Property; authorization of appropriations
        
    Funds appropriated to the Secretary of State for ``International 
Organizations and Conferences'' shall be available for the payment by 
the United States of its proportionate share of the expenses of the 
International Bureau for the Protection of Industrial Property for any 
year after 1981 as determined under article 16(4) of the Paris 
Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, as revised, except 
that in no event shall the payment for any year exceed 6 per centum of 
all expenses of the Bureau apportioned among countries for that year.

(Pub. L. 86-614, July 12, 1960, 74 Stat. 381; Pub. L. 88-69, July 19, 
1963, 77 Stat. 82; Pub. L. 92-511, Oct. 20, 1972, 86 Stat. 918; Pub. L. 
98-164, title I, Sec. 112, Nov. 22, 1983, 97 Stat. 1019.)


                               Amendments

    1983--Pub. L. 98-164 substituted provisions making appropriations 
available for the payment of expenses of the International Bureau for 
the Protection of Industrial Property for any year after 1981, for 
provisions authorizing appropriations for contributions for the support 
of the International Bureau of Intellectual Property for the period from 
July 1, 1950, through June 30, 1959, and for the payment by the United 
States of its share of the expenses of the Bureau.
    1972--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 92-511, Sec. 1(1), substituted 
``International Bureau of Intellectual Property'' for ``International 
Bureau for the Protection of Industrial Property''.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 92-511, Sec. 1(2), substituted provisions 
authorizing appropriation of sums as determined under article 16(4) of 
the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property up to a 
maximum of 4.5 percent of the total expenses apportioned among member 
countries, for provisions authorizing appropriation of sums for payment 
by the United States of its proportionate share not exceeding $15,000 
annually.
    1963--Pub. L. 88-69 increased the limitation on the annual 
appropriation authorization from $7,250 to $15,000.


                          Annual Appropriations

    Annual appropriations to meet the obligations of membership in 
various international organizations were contained in acts listed in a 
note set out under section 269a of this title.
