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<title>Small Businesses Partnering with National Labs Act of 2019</title>
<summary summary-id="id116s2009v00" currentChamber="SENATE" update-date="2020-03-23">
<action-date>2019-06-27</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in Senate</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><b>Small Businesses Partnering with National Labs Act of 2019</b></p> <p>This bill directs the Department of Energy to establish a program to provide qualified small business concerns with vouchers that may be used at National Laboratories and single-purpose research facilities for activities such as research and development.</p> <p>In addition, the bill authorizes the Department of the Treasury to locate and recover unclaimed U.S. government assets on behalf of any agency and to retain a portion thereof to cover administrative and operational costs.</p>]]></summary-text>
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