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 StevensonWydler 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 Ω1æPage 3, line 24, before ‘‘field’’ insert: pre-negotiated

2 Ω2æPage 5, line 4, strike out all after ‘‘only’’ down to and

3 including ‘‘finds’’ in line 5 and insert: in exceptional cir4 cumstances and only if the Government determines

5 Ω3æPage 5, after line 15 insert:

6 This determination is subject to administrative ap7 peal and judicial review under section 203(2) of title

8 35, United States Code.

9 Ω4æPage 13, strike out lines 10 through 17 and insert:
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1 Section 11(i) of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology In2 novation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3710(i)) is amended by

3 inserting ‘‘loan, lease, or’’ before ‘‘give’’.

4 Ω5æPage 21, strike out all after line 22 over to and includ5 ing line 3 on page 22 and insert:

6 ‘‘(13) to coordinate Federal, State, and local

7 technical standards activities and conformity assess8 ment activities, with private sector technical stand9 ards activities and conformity assessment activities,

10 with the goal of eliminating unnecessary duplication

11 and complexity in the development and promulgation

12 of conformity assessment requirements and meas13 ures.’’.

14 Ω6æPage 22, lines 5 and 6, strike out øby January 1,

15 1996,¿ and insert: within 90 days after the date of enact16 ment of this Act,

17 Ω7æPage 22, strike out all after line 7, over to and includ18 ing line 5 on page 23 and insert:

19 (d) UTILIZATION OF CONSENSUS TECHNICAL STAND20 ARDS BY FEDERAL AGENCIES; REPORTS.—

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para22 graph (3) of this subsection, all Federal agencies and

23 departments shall use technical standards that are de24 veloped or adopted by voluntary consensus standards
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1 bodies, using such technical standards as a means to

2 carry out policy objectives or activities determined by

3 the agencies and departments.

4 (2) CONSULTATION; PARTICIPATION.—In carry5 ing out paragraph (1) of this subsection, Federal

6 agencies and departments shall consult with vol7 untary, private sector, consensus standards bodies

8 and shall, when such participation is in the public

9 interest and is compatible with agency and depart10 mental missions, authorities, priorities, and budget

11 resources, participate with such bodies in the develop12 ment of technical standards.

13 (3) EXCEPTION.—If compliance with paragraph

14 (1) of this subsection is inconsistent with applicable

15 law or otherwise impractical, a Federal agency or de16 partment may elect to use technical standards that

17 are not developed or adopted by voluntary consensus

18 standards bodies if the head of each such agency or

19 department transmits to the Office of Management

20 and Budget an explanation of the reasons for using

21 such standards. Each year, beginning with fiscal year

22 1997, the Office of Management and Budget shall

23 transmit to Congress and its committees a report

24 summarizing all explanations received in the preced25 ing year under this paragraph.
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1 (4) DEFINITION OF TECHNICAL STANDARDS.—As

2 used in this subsection, the term ‘‘technical stand3 ards’’ means performance-based or design-specific

4 technical specifications and related management sys5 tems practices.

Attest:

Secretary.
104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 2196

AMENDMENTS