3.0.0 1187 2023-01-11T13:31:13Z 2023-01-11T13:31:13Z Senate S 2015-05-04 114 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Hearings by 2015-06-09T14:08:34Z Referred to 2015-05-04T22:38:18Z America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2015 114 1806 HR 2015-05-21 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Related bill CRS Department of Energy Laboratory Modernization and Technology Transfer Act of 2015 114 1158 HR 2015-05-20 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Related bill CRS 2015-06-09 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Committee 2015-05-04 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2015-05-04 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. N R000595 Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] Marco Rubio R FL 2015-05-04 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2015-05-04 True K000360 Sen. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL] MARK KIRK R IL STEVEN 2015-05-04 True Energy Advanced technology and technological innovations Congressional oversight Department of Energy Education programs funding Energy research Executive agency funding and structure Federal officials Government studies and investigations Higher education Intellectual property Performance measurement Public contracts and procurement Public-private cooperation Research administration and funding Research and development Small business Technology transfer and commercialization Energy 00 2015-05-04 Introduced in Senate 2015-07-02T19:16:31Z America Implementing New National Opportunities To Vigorously Accelerate Technology, Energy, and Science Act or the America INNOVATES Act

Amends the Department of Energy Organization Act to rename the Under Secretary for Science as the Under Secretary for Science and Energy.

Directs the Department of Energy (DOE) to report annually on DOE's ability to improve the technology transfer and commercialization of energy technologies.

Directs DOE to carry out the Agreements for Commercializing Technology pilot program, in part by giving the contractors of the DOE nonmilitary national laboratories (national laboratories) increased authority to negotiate contract terms and making every such facility eligible for the program.

Extends the pilot program for a term of three years after the enactment of this Act.

Requires DOE to delegate to the directors of the national laboratories signature authority with respect to certain agreements (except those with a majority foreign-owned company) whose total cost is less than $1 million.

Permits the directors of national laboratories to use funds authorized to support technology transfer within DOE to carry out early-stage and precommercial technology demonstration activities to: (1) remove technology barriers that limit private sector interest, and (2) demonstrate potential commercial applications of any research and technologies arising from national laboratory activities.

Amends the Small Business Act to require DOE, in carrying out its Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs, to provide to small businesses seeking funding under these programs information concerning resources available to them at national laboratories and federally funded research and development centers.

Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to exempt, for six years after enactment of this Act, institutions of higher education and nonprofit institutions from the cost-sharing requirements for research and development.

Requires the Government Accountability Office to report to Congress on the results of projects developed under this Act and on DOE efforts to promote technology transfer and private sector engagement at the national laboratories.

]]> America INNOVATES Act Display Title America INNOVATES Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to improve management of the National Laboratories, enhance technology commercialization, facilitate public-private partnerships, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced America INNOVATES Act Short Titles as Introduced America Implementing New National Opportunities To Vigorously Accelerate Technology, Energy, and Science Act Introduced in Senate 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s1187is/xml/BILLS-114s1187is.xml 2015-06-09 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. 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. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.