by the United States government

“ Appointment.—The United States Patent and Trademark Office shall have a Patent Public Advisory Committee and a Trademark Public Advisory Committee, each of which shall have nine voting members who shall be appointed by the Secretary of Commerce and serve at the pleasure of the Secretary of Commerce. Members of each Public Advisory Committee shall be appointed for a term of 3 years, except that of the members first appointed, three shall be appointed for a term of 1 year, and three shall be appointed for a term of 2 years. ”

“ Subsec. (g) . Pub. L. 107-273, Sec. 13206 (a) (3) , struck out “, United States Code” after “title 18”.
Subsec. (i) . Pub. L. 107-273, Sec. 13203 (b) (1) , inserted “, privileged,” after “personnel”.
Subsec. (j) . Pub. L. 107-273, Sec. 13203 (b) (2) , added subsec. (j) . ”