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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5262 

To amend the Atomic Energy Defense Act to authorize the Administrator 

for Nuclear Security to establish technology transfer centers at national 

security laboratories, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 11, 2010 

Mr. GARAMENDI (for himself and Mr. MCNERNEY) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Science and Technology, 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 amend the Atomic Energy Defense Act to authorize the 

Administrator for Nuclear Security to establish technology transfer centers at national security 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. ESTABLISHMENT OF TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER 

4 CENTERS. 

5 (a) TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER CENTERS.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 4813 of the Atomic 

2 Energy Defense Act (division D of Public Law 107– 

3 314; 50 U.S.C. 2794) is amended— 

4 (A) by redesignating subsection (b) as sub5 section (c); and 

6 (B) by inserting after subsection (a) the 

7 following new subsection (b): 

8 ‘‘(b) TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER CENTERS.—(1) Sub9 ject to the availability of appropriations provided for such 

10 purpose, the Administrator shall establish at Lawrence 

11 Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California, 

12 and Sandia National Laboratory, Livermore, California, 

13 a technology transfer center described in paragraph (2). 

14 ‘‘(2) A technology transfer center described in this 

15 paragraph is a center to foster collaborative scientific re16 search, technology development, and the appropriate 

17 transfer of research and technology to users in addition 

18 to the national security laboratories. 

19 ‘‘(3) In addition to the technology transfer centers 

20 established under paragraph (1), the Administrator may 

21 establish a technology transfer center described in para22 graph (2) at any other national security laboratory. 

23 ‘‘(4) In establishing a technology transfer center 

24 under this subsection, the Administrator— 


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1 ‘‘(A) shall enter into cooperative research and 

2 development agreements with governmental, public, 

3 academic, or private entities; and 

4 ‘‘(B) may enter into a contract with respect to 

5 constructing, purchasing, managing, or leasing 

6 buildings or other facilities.’’. 

7 (2) DEFINITION.—Subsection (c) of such sec8 tion, as redesignated by paragraph (1)(A), is amend9 ed by adding at the end the following new para10 graph: 

11 ‘‘(5) The term ‘national security laboratory’ has 

12 the meaning given that term in section 3281 of the 

13 National Nuclear Security Administration Act (50 

14 U.S.C. 2471).’’. 

15 (3) SECTION HEADING.—The heading of such 

16 section is amended by inserting ‘‘AND TECH17 NOLOGY TRANSFER CENTERS’’ after ‘‘PARTNER18 SHIPS’’. 

19 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 

20 in section 4001(b) of such Act (division D of Public Law 

21 107–314) is amended by striking the item relating to sec22 tion 4813 and inserting the following new item: 

‘‘Sec. 4813. Critical technology partnerships and technology transfer centers.’’. 

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