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[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2196 Engrossed Amendment Senate (EAS)]

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

                  In the Senate of the United States,

                                                      February 7, 1996.
      Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 
2196) entitled ``An Act to amend the Stevenson-Wydler Technology 
Innovation Act of 1980 with respect to inventions made under 
cooperative research and development agreements, and for other 
purposes.'', do pass with the following

                              AMENDMENTS:

(1)Page 3, line 24, before ``field'' insert: pre-negotiated

(2)Page 5, line 4, strike out all after ``only'' down to and including 
``finds'' in line 5 and insert: in exceptional circumstances and only 
if the Government determines

(3)Page 5, after line 15 insert:
        This determination is subject to administrative appeal and 
        judicial review under section 203(2) of title 35, United States 
        Code.

(4)Page 13, strike out lines 10 through 17 and insert:
    Section 11(i) of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 
1980 (15 U.S.C. 3710(i)) is amended by inserting ``loan, lease, or'' 
before ``give''.

(5)Page 21, strike out all after line 22 over to and including line 3 
on page 22 and insert:
            ``(13) to coordinate Federal, State, and local technical 
        standards activities and conformity assessment activities, with 
        private sector technical standards activities and conformity 
        assessment activities, with the goal of eliminating unnecessary 
        duplication and complexity in the development and promulgation 
        of conformity assessment requirements and measures.''.

(6)Page 22, lines 5 and 6, strike out [by January 1, 1996,] and insert: 
within 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act,

(7)Page 22, strike out all after line 7, over to and including line 5 
on page 23 and insert:
    (d) Utilization of Consensus Technical Standards by Federal 
Agencies; Reports.--
            (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (3) of 
        this subsection, all Federal agencies and departments shall use 
        technical standards that are developed or adopted by voluntary 
        consensus standards bodies, using such technical standards as a 
        means to carry out policy objectives or activities determined 
        by the agencies and departments.
            (2) Consultation; participation.--In carrying out paragraph 
        (1) of this subsection, Federal agencies and departments shall 
        consult with voluntary, private sector, consensus standards 
        bodies and shall, when such participation is in the public 
        interest and is compatible with agency and departmental 
        missions, authorities, priorities, and budget resources, 
        participate with such bodies in the development of technical 
        standards.
            (3) Exception.--If compliance with paragraph (1) of this 
        subsection is inconsistent with applicable law or otherwise 
        impractical, a Federal agency or department may elect to use 
        technical standards that are not developed or adopted by 
        voluntary consensus standards bodies if the head of each such 
        agency or department transmits to the Office of Management and 
        Budget an explanation of the reasons for using such standards. 
        Each year, beginning with fiscal year 1997, the Office of 
        Management and Budget shall transmit to Congress and its 
        committees a report summarizing all explanations received in 
        the preceding year under this paragraph.
            (4) Definition of technical standards.--As used in this 
        subsection, the term ``technical standards'' means performance-
        based or design-specific technical specifications and related 
        management systems practices.

            Attest:

                                                             Secretary.
104th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 2196

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                               AMENDMENTS
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