This Act, referred to in subsec. (f), is Pub. L. 106–58, Sept. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 430, known as the Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 2000. Section 610 of the Act is not classified to the Code. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.

Section was enacted as part of the Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 2000, and not as part of the Trademark Act of 1946, also known as the Lanham Act, which comprises this chapter.

2004—Subsec. (a)(7). Pub. L. 108–447 added par. (7).

1999—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 106–113 substituted “Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office” for “Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks”.

Pub. L. 110–403, title III, § 305(a)(1), Oct. 13, 2008, 122 Stat. 4270, provided that the repeal of this section is effective upon confirmation of the Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator by the Senate and publication of such appointment in the Congressional Record.

Amendment by Pub. L. 106–113 effective 4 months after Nov. 29, 1999, see section 1000 (a)(9) [title IV, § 4731] of Pub. L. 106–113, set out as a note under section 1 of Title 35, Patents.

For transfer of functions, personnel, assets, and liabilities of the United States Customs Service of the Department of the Treasury, including functions of the Secretary of the Treasury relating thereto, to the Secretary of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see sections 203 (1), 551 (d), 552 (d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under section 542 of Title 6.

Pub. L. 108–447, div. B, title II, Dec. 8, 2004, 118 Stat. 2872, provided in part: “That there shall be at the head of the National Intellectual Property Law Enforcement Coordination Council a Coordinator for International Intellectual Property Enforcement: Provided further, That the Coordinator for International Intellectual Property Enforcement shall be appointed by the President: Provided further, That no person shall serve as the Coordinator for International Intellectual Property Enforcement while serving in any other position in the Federal Government: Provided further, That the co-chairs of the National Intellectual Property Law Enforcement Coordination Council, as designated by Public Law 106–58 [see subsec. (a) of this section], shall report to the Coordinator for International Intellectual Property Enforcement on matters concerning the National Intellectual Property Law Enforcement Coordination Council: Provided further, That the National Intellectual Property Law Enforcement Coordination Council shall—

“(1) establish policies, objectives, and priorities concerning international intellectual property protection and intellectual property law enforcement;

“(2) promulgate a strategy for protecting American intellectual property overseas; and

“(3) coordinate and oversee implementation by agencies with responsibilities for intellectual property protection and intellectual property law enforcement of the policies, objectives, and priorities established under paragraph (1) and the fulfillment of the responsibilities assigned to such agencies in the strategy described in paragraph (2):