Responsive Government Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-6344
Sponsor: Rep. Delahunt, William D. [D-MA-10]
Introduced: 2008-06-23 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Administrative fees
Administrative remedies
Appellate courts
Appellate procedure
Civil procedure
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal procedure
Department of Commerce
Disasters
District courts
Drugs
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Government Operations and Politics
Injunctions
Limitation of actions
Patents
Trademarks

Summary:
action_date: 2008-06-23
text: 
Responsive Government Act of 2008 - Amends the federal judicial code to authorize the chief judge of a district or court of appeals to delay, toll, or otherwise grant relief from time deadlines applicable to pending civil and criminal cases in the event of a natural disaster or other emergency situation requiring the closure of courts or rendering it impracticable to comply with such deadlines.
 
Grants the Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office authority to: (1) waive statutory provisions governing the filing, processing, renewal, and maintenance of patents, trademark registrations, and patent and trademark applications in certain emergencies; and (2) accept late application filings for patent extensions in certain cases of unintentional delay.
 
Prescribes filing fees for patent extensions, including: (1) $65 million for an anticoagulant drug intended for use in humans; and (2) a formula for other items.

action_date: 2008-06-23
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Responsive Government Act of 2008 - Amends the federal judicial code to authorize the chief judge of a district or court of appeals to delay, toll, or otherwise grant relief from time deadlines applicable to pending civil and criminal cases in the event of a natural disaster or other emergency situation requiring the closure of courts or rendering it impracticable to comply with such deadlines.
 
Grants the Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office authority to: (1) waive statutory provisions governing the filing, processing, renewal, and maintenance of patents, trademark registrations, and patent and trademark applications in certain emergencies; and (2) accept late application filings for patent extensions in certain cases of unintentional delay.
 
Prescribes filing fees for patent extensions, including: (1) $65 million for an anticoagulant drug intended for use in humans; and (2) a formula for other items.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
action_date: 2008-06-24
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2008-06-23
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2008-06-23
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5811-5812)
action_date: 2008-06-23
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H5811-5812)
action_date: 2008-06-23
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6344.
action_date: 2008-06-23
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5811-5816)
action_date: 2008-06-23
text: Mr. Conyers moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2008-06-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2008-06-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-06-23
text: Introduced in House