[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 641 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 641

  To amend the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 to 
permit Federal laboratories to aid surrounding communities in improving 
                  their efforts in science education.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 5, 2003

  Mr. Udall of Colorado (for himself and Mr. Beauprez) introduced the 
     following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 to 
permit Federal laboratories to aid surrounding communities in improving 
                  their efforts in science education.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

     This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Laboratory Educational 
Partners Act of 2003''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

     The Congress finds that--
            (1) Federal laboratories, especially the Department of 
        Energy's national laboratories, with their high concentrations 
        of scientists and engineers, are uniquely positioned to aid 
        surrounding communities in improving the learning experience of 
        their students;
            (2) Federal laboratories' science, mathematics, and 
        engineering education programs prepare students for laboratory 
        research internships and fellowships, make researchers 
        available as science mentors, sponsor competitions and awards 
        programs, and hold special events to provide hands-on learning 
        experiences for students at all educational levels;
            (3) Federal laboratories also provide for teacher research 
        participation and leadership and instructional development, as 
        well as curricula enrichment and alignment with State and 
        national standards;
            (4) the royalty streams from the licensing of Federal 
        laboratory inventions arising from federally funded research 
        and research done under cooperative research and development 
        agreements are substantial and growing; and
            (5) permitting a portion of those royalty streams to be 
        spent on efforts by laboratory employees related to science 
        education is an appropriate and worthwhile use of that money.

SEC. 3. DISTRIBUTION OF ROYALTIES RECEIVED BY FEDERAL AGENCIES.

     Section 14(a)(1)(B)(v) of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology 
Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3710c(a)(1)(B)(v)), is amended to 
read as follows:
                    ``(v) for scientific research and development and 
                for educational assistance and other purposes 
                consistent with the missions and objectives of the 
                Department of Energy and the laboratory.''.

SEC. 4. COOPERATIVE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS.

     Section 12(b)(5)(C) of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation 
Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3710a(b)(5)(C)) is amended to read as follows:
            ``(C) for scientific research and development and for 
        educational assistance consistent with the missions and 
        objectives of the Department of Energy and the laboratory.''.
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