113 HR 1711 IH: Cooperative Research and Development Fund Authorization Act of 2013 U.S. House of Representatives 2013-04-24 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1711 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 24, 2013 Mr. Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology A BILL To make funds available to the Department of Energy National Laboratories for the Federal share of cooperative research and development agreements that support maturing Laboratory technology and transferring it to the private sector, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the Cooperative Research and Development Fund Authorization Act of 2013.
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Cooperative research and development fund
(a)
In general
The Secretary of Energy shall make funds available to Department of Energy National Laboratories for the Federal share of cooperative research and development agreements that support maturing Laboratory technology and transferring it to the private sector. (b)
Apportionment
(1)
In general
The Secretary of Energy shall determine the apportionment of such funds to each Department of Energy National Laboratory and shall ensure that special consideration is given to small business firms and consortia involving small business firms in the selection process for which cooperative research and development agreements will receive such funds. (2)
Definition
In this section, the term small business firm has the meaning given such term in section 4 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3703). (c)
Performance evaluation metrics
The Secretary of Energy shall ensure that the performance evaluation metrics of each National Laboratory operating contractor provide incentives for, and measure the effectiveness of, the contractor’s cooperative research and development agreement program at maturing Laboratory technology and transferring it to the private sector. (d)
Reporting
(1)
Requirement
The Secretary of Energy shall annually transmit to Congress a report that describes how funds were expended under this section, including a description of— (A)the types and sizes of non-Federal entities that participated in cooperative research and development agreements receiving funds under this section; and (B)the economic benefits resulting from cooperative research and development agreements that received funds under this section in previous years. (2)
Consolidation of reports
Reports required under this subsection may be consolidated with other related reports required from the Secretary. (e)
Savings provision
Nothing in this section shall be construed to preclude or limit the use of funding provided under other authority of law for entering into or increasing the Federal share of cooperative research and development agreements, either in combination with funding provided under this section or separately. (f)
Authorization of appropriations
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Energy to carry out this section $20,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2014 through 2018.