[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2883 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2883

 To require the Comptroller General of the United States to submit to 
Congress a report on the entrepreneurial impact of technology transfer 
                     at the National Laboratories.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 18, 2014

 Mr. Heinrich introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the Comptroller General of the United States to submit to 
Congress a report on the entrepreneurial impact of technology transfer 
                     at the National Laboratories.

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

SECTION 1. REPORT ON ENTREPRENEURIAL IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States 
shall submit to Congress a report on the entrepreneurial impact of 
technology transfer at the National Laboratories (as the term is 
defined in section 2 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 
15801)).
    (b) Basis of Report.--The report under subsection (a) shall be 
based on an evaluation of quantitative performance metrics, including--
            (1) the number of licenses granted to small businesses;
            (2) the number of start-up businesses created;
            (3) the number of cooperative research and development 
        agreements and collaborations involving small businesses and 
        the total number of businesses involved in those agreements and 
        collaborations;
            (4) the period of time required for execution of a license; 
        and
            (5) the number of jobs created.
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