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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1797 

To promote the use of cooperative research and development agreements 

by the Department of Energy National Laboratories, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 6, 2011 

Mr. LUJA ́N (for himself and Mr. DEUTCH) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and 

in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 

provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To promote the use of cooperative research and development 

agreements by the Department of Energy National Laboratories, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. COOPERATIVE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 

4 AGREEMENTS. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Energy shall di6 rect the Department of Energy National Laboratories, in7 cluding the laboratories administered by the National Nu8 clear Security Administration, to enter into new, or inVerDate Mar 15 2010 03:48 May 11, 2011 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1797.IH H1797

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1 crease the Federal share of existing, cooperative research 

2 and development agreements to better carry out the mis3 sions of the Department of Energy, and shall make avail4 able Department of Energy funds to pay for the Federal 

5 portion of such agreements. The Secretary shall ensure 

6 that special consideration is given under this section to 

7 cooperative research and development agreements that in8 clude small business firms and consortia involving small 

9 business firms. The Secretary shall ensure that the per10 formance evaluation metrics of each National Laboratory 

11 operating contractor provide incentives for, and measure 

12 the effectiveness of, the contractor’s cooperative research 

13 and development agreement program at maturing Labora14 tory technology and transferring it to the private sector. 

15 Nothing in this section shall be construed to preclude or 

16 limit the use of funding provided under other authority 

17 of law for entering into or increasing the Federal share 

18 of cooperative research and development agreements, ei19 ther in combination with funding provided under this sec20 tion or separately. 

21 (b) REPORTS.— 

22 (1) REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary shall annu23 ally transmit to Congress a report that describes 

24 how funds were expended under this section, includ25 ing a description of— 


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1 (A) the types and sizes of non-Federal en2 tities that participated in cooperative research 

3 and development agreements receiving funds 

4 under this section; and 

5 (B) the economic benefits, including the 

6 number of private sector jobs created, resulting 

7 from cooperative research and development 

8 agreements that received funds under this sec9 tion. 

10 (2) CONSOLIDATION OF REPORTS.—Reports re11 quired under this subsection may be consolidated 

12 with other related reports required from the Sec13 retary. 

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