[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 138 (Thursday, November 13, 2014)]
[Senate]
[Page S5996]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 3941. Mr. HEINRICH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 2410, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2015 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle B of title XXXI of division C, add 
     the following:

     SEC. 3117. 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 
     laboratories of the National Nuclear Security Administration.
       (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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