SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Energy
Laboratory Technology Act of 1993’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that—
(1) the Department of Energy maintains an ex-
tensive system of laboratories which are engaged in
research and development work in fields such as en-
ergy development and energy efficiency, national se-
curity, hazardous waste cleanup, high energy phys-
ics, and information technologies;
(2) departmental laboratories represent a na-
tional resource, comprised of sophisticated scientific
instrumentation, unique research facilities, and a
dedicated, multi-disciplinary work force of scientists
and engineers;
(3) the end of the Cold War has created a sig-
nificant challenge to the departmental nuclear weap-
ons laboratories, since the nature and level of na-
tional security activities conducted at these labora-
tories are changing rapidly;
(4) the United States faces serious national se-
curity, economic, and environmental challenges to-
ward which the resources of departmental labora-
tories could be applied in a more concerted fashion;
(5) in order to contribute to United States eco-
nomic competitiveness, departmental laboratories
will need to cooperate with industry on an unprece-
dented scale;
(6) United States industry appears to have a
strong interest in developing cooperative research
and development agreements, and other joint re-
search programs, with departmental laboratories, al-
though the legislative and bureaucratic frameworks
for cooperative efforts between departmental labora-
tories and industry remain cumbersome;
(7) independent reviews of departmental labora-
tories over the past two decades uniformly have em-
phasized the importance of maintaining well defined
missions at these laboratories, in order to provide
coherence and direction;
(8) as the missions of departmental labora-
tories, and other Federal laboratories, change in re-
sponse to evolving national needs, the activities of
these laboratories should be coordinated to the maxi-
mum extent possible and should be rigorously evalu-
ated in order to ensure that they are meeting their
intended objectives;
(9) there currently exists no Government-wide
process for evaluating and coordinating the missions
and research and development activities among the
Federal laboratories;
(10) the Federal Coordinating Council for
Science, Engineering, and Technology, which is
chaired by the Director of the Office of Science and
Technology Policy, is responsible for conducting
cross-cutting reviews of science and technology in
the United States Government, and should serve to
coordinate activities at the Federal laboratories and
to ensure that such activities are meeting established
technical milestones and other performance goals;
and
(11) if certain Federal laboratories, or portions
thereof, have completed the mission or missions for
which they were established, and are no longer con-
tributing to other important national objectives, then
such laboratories, or portions thereof, should be
closed.
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.
For the purposes of this Act—
(1) the term ‘‘Committee’’ means the Federal
Laboratory Mission Evaluation and Coordination
Committee established under section 9;
(2) the term ‘‘Council’’ means the Federal Co-
ordinating Council for Science, Engineering, and
Technology;
(3) the term ‘‘Department’’ means the Depart-
ment of Energy;
(4) the term ‘‘departmental laboratory’’ means
any research and development laboratory or center
that is owned or leased by the Department, and
whose operations are substantially funded by the De-
partment, whether operated by the Government or
by a contractor;
(5) the term ‘‘departmental multiprogram lab-
oratories’’ means the Argonne National Laboratory,
the Brookhaven National Laboratory, the Idaho Na-
tional Engineering Laboratory, the Lawrence Berke-
ley National Laboratory, the Lawrence Livermore
National Laboratory, the Los Alamos National Lab-
oratory, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory,
the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (including re-
search and development activities located at the Y–
12 Plant), the Pacific Northwest Laboratory, the
Sandia National Laboratories, and any other labora-
tory which the Secretary designates as a depart-
mental multiprogram laboratory;
(6) the term ‘‘departmental nuclear weapons
laboratories’’ means the Lawrence Livermore Na-
tional Laboratory, the Los Alamos National Labora-
tory, and the Sandia National Laboratories;
(7) the term ‘‘Federal laboratory’’ means any
research and development laboratory or center that
is owned or leased by the Federal Government, and
whose operations are substantially funded by the
Federal Government, whether operated by the Gov-
ernment or by a contractor;
(8) the term ‘‘green technology’’ means any
technology aimed at reducing the generation of haz-
ardous or nonhazardous waste or pollution, or reduc-
ing the consumption of energy or materials, while
contributing to sustainable United States economic
growth;
(9) the term ‘‘mission’’ means a clear statement
of purpose to focus research and development activ-
ity at a Federal laboratory on specified objectives;
(10) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary
of Energy; and
(11) the term ‘‘technology transfer’’ means—
(A) any process by which federally owned
or originated technology, or the intellectual
property rights associated with such technology,
are transferred to private industry, State or
local governments, or universities or other non-
profit organizations; and
(B) any collaborative effort involving a
Federal laboratory and private industry, State
or local governments, or universities or other
nonprofit organizations, whose goal is—
(i) to enhance the potential use by
private industry, State or local govern-
ments, or universities or other nonprofit
organizations, of the results of research
and development sponsored by the Federal
Government; or
(ii) to jointly develop new scientific or
technical 
information 
or 
generic,
precompetitive technology.
SEC. 4. MISSIONS OF DEPARTMENTAL LABORATORIES.
(a) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—The Department is au-
thorized to maintain departmental laboratories for the
purpose of pursuing the following missions:
(1) Enhancing the Nation’s understanding of
energy production and use, with emphasis on energy
efficiency, conservation, and renewable energy pro-
duction, with the goal of reducing the Nation’s reli-
ance on imported and nonrenewable energy sources
and minimizing the environmental impacts of energy
use.
(2) Advancing nuclear science and technology
for national security purposes, with the goal of help-
ing ensure a safe and reliable nuclear arsenal for as
long as the Nation maintains nuclear weapons.
(3) Assisting with the dismantlement of nuclear
weapons, working to curb the proliferation of nu-
clear weapons, and conducting research on and the
development of technologies needed for the effective
verification of international arms control agree-
ments, with the goal of reducing the threat of nu-
clear war.
(4) Conducting fundamental research in energy-
related science and technology, including construc-
tion and operation of unique scientific instruments
for use by the Federal Government, academia, in-
dustry, and other appropriate non-Federal institu-
tions, with the goal of expanding the Nation’s basic
understanding of the scientific principles of nature.
(5) Developing technologies and techniques for
the safe disposal of hazardous waste (including ra-
dioactive waste) resulting from nuclear materials
production, weapons production and surveillance
programs, and naval nuclear propulsion programs,
with the goal of accelerating the schedule of, and re-
ducing the total cost of, cleaning up the hazardous
waste sites associated with nuclear weapons produc-
tion and other nuclear materials programs funded by
the Department.
(6) Working with industry and other Federal
agencies to develop generic, precompetitive green
technologies, with the goal of protecting environ-
mental quality and enhancing the United States
economy.
(7) Except as provided in subsection (b)(2),
conducting technology transfer activities with the
goal of helping to enhance the ability of the depart-
mental laboratories to meet their other mission re-
sponsibilities and also, to the extent practicable, con-
tributing to sustainable United States economic
growth.
(8) Utilizing the scientific, technical, and
human resources at such laboratories to support the
national goal of improving the quality of science,
mathematics, and engineering education in the
United States.
(b) ADDITIONAL MISSIONS.—(1) Departmental lab-
oratories are authorized to pursue additional missions be-
yond those identified in subsection (a) only to the extent
that—
(A) such laboratories possess substantial tech-
nical capabilities that can be devoted to such mis-
sions;
(B) such additional mission activities do not
interfere with the pursuit of the missions identified
in subsection (a);
(C) involvement in such additional mission ac-
tivities is coordinated with any other Federal agency
or agencies which carry out such mission activities;
and
(D) such additional mission activities are con-
sistent with the implementation of the process devel-
oped by the Committee pursuant to section 9(d)(2)
of this Act.
(2) No more than 10 percent of the annual budget
of a departmental laboratory may be committed to tech-
nology transfer activities that do not directly support the
pursuit of missions identified in subsection (a).
(c) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Secretary, in consulta-
tion with appropriate departmental advisory boards and
laboratory officials, shall submit to Congress annually be-
fore February 1 a report which shall include for each de-
partmental laboratory—
(1) a statement of mission or missions which is
sufficiently clear and specific to guide the Depart-
ment and the departmental laboratory in setting
goals against which the performance of the depart-
mental laboratory will be evaluated, along with a
statement of such goals;
(2) an explanation for any proposed modifica-
tions in the mission or missions for the departmental
laboratory;
(3) a general assessment of the performance of
the departmental laboratory over the preceding 12-
month period in meeting its assigned mission or mis-
sions; and
(4) a technology transfer plan, describing how
collaborative efforts between the laboratory and pri-
vate industry, State or local governments, or univer-
sities or other nonprofit organizations are being co-
ordinated and directed, based on the technical
strengths of the laboratory, to enhance the impact of
such collaborations.
SEC. 5. CONSOLIDATION OF DEPARTMENTAL NUCLEAR
WEAPONS LABORATORIES.
The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of
Defense and other appropriate Federal officers, shall sub-
mit to Congress by March 31, 1994, a plan for the phased
consolidation of the nuclear weapons research, develop-
ment, engineering, and test-related activities of the de-
partmental nuclear weapons laboratories. The plan shall—
(1) provide for reducing the cost of the Depart-
ment’s nuclear weapons research, development, engi-
neering, and test-related programs by eliminating
unnecessary redundancies within the departmental
nuclear weapons laboratories;
(2) seek to ensure that the Nation retains the
caliber and level of nuclear weapons research, devel-
opment, engineering, and test-related capabilities
and activities that it needs for national security pur-
poses, consistent with section 507 of the Energy and
Water Development Appropriations Act, 1993 (Pub-
lic Law 102–377);
(3) include a plan for maintaining peer review
of nuclear weapons design activities;
(4) provide a plan, including budgetary and
programmatic information, for redirecting one or
more of the departmental nuclear weapons labora-
tories to civilian missions, consistent with section 4;
and
(5) include an assessment of any workforce re-
training, environmental clean-up, or other conversion
costs that would be required to carry out the plan
submitted under this section.
SEC. 6. AMENDMENTS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
ORGANIZATION ACT.
(a) ORGANIZATION OF THE DEPARTMENT.—The De-
partment of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et
seq.) is amended—
(1) in section 2, by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subsection:
‘‘(d) As used in this Act—
‘‘(1) the term ‘cooperative research and devel-
opment agreement’ has the meaning given such term
in section 12(d)(1) of the Stevenson-Wydler Tech-
nology 
Innovation 
Act 
of 
1980 
(15 
U.S.C.
3710a(d)(1));
‘‘(2) the term ‘departmental laboratory’ means
any research and development laboratory or center
that is owned or leased by the Department, and
whose operations are substantially funded by the De-
partment, whether operated by the Government or
by a contractor;
‘‘(3) the term ‘departmental multiprogram lab-
oratories’ means the Argonne National Laboratory,
the Brookhaven National Laboratory, the Idaho Na-
tional Engineering Laboratory, the Lawrence Berke-
ley National Laboratory, the Lawrence Livermore
National Laboratory, the Los Alamos National Lab-
oratory, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory,
the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (including re-
search and development activities located at the
Y–12 Plant), the Pacific Northwest Laboratory, the
Sandia National Laboratories, and any other labora-
tory which the Secretary designates as a depart-
mental multiprogram laboratory; and
‘‘(4) the term ‘technology transfer’ means—
‘‘(A) any process by which federally owned
or originated technology, or the intellectual
property rights associated with such technology,
are transferred to private industry, State or
local governments, or universities or other non-
profit organizations; and
‘‘(B) any collaborative effort involving a
Federal laboratory and private industry, State
or local governments, or universities or other
nonprofit organizations, whose goal is—
‘‘(i) to enhance the potential use by
private industry, State or local govern-
ments, or universities or other nonprofit
organizations, of the results of research
and development sponsored by the Federal
Government; or
‘‘(ii) to jointly develop new scientific
or 
technical 
information 
or 
generic,
precompetitive technology.’’;
(2) in section 202(a), by striking ‘‘Under Sec-
retary’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Under Sec-
retaries’’;
(3) by amending section 202(b) to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘(b) There shall be in the Department an Under Sec-
retary and a General Counsel, who shall perform such
functions and duties as the Secretary shall prescribe, and
an Under Secretary for Science and Technology, who shall
be assigned duties and responsibilities in accordance with
subsection (c). These 3 officers shall be appointed by the
President, by and with the advice and consent of the Sen-
ate. The Under Secretaries shall be compensated at the
rate for level III of the Executive Schedule under section
5314 of title 5, United States Code, and the General
Counsel shall be compensated at the rate provided for level
IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title
5, United States Code.’’;
(4) by inserting after section 202(b) the follow-
ing new subsection:
agement and operations of departmental labora-
tories.’’;
(5) by redesignating sections 203, 204, 205,
206, 207, 209, 210, and 211 as sections 205, 206,
207, 208, 209, 210, 211, and 212, respectively;
(6) by inserting after section 202 the following
new sections:
‘‘TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY BOARD AND IN-
DUSTRIAL
ADVISORY
GROUPS
AT
DEPARTMENTAL
MULTIPROGRAM LABORATORIES
‘‘SEC. 203. (a)(1) The Secretary shall establish with-
in the Department an advisory board to be known as the
‘Technology Development Advisory Board’, to provide the
Secretary with advice regarding the Department’s activi-
ties aimed at collaborating with industry in the areas of
research, technology development, and technology trans-
fer.
‘‘(2) A majority of the membership of the Technology
Development Advisory Board shall consist of prominent
representatives of United States industry, with the re-
maining members being representatives of educational in-
stitutions and professional and technical societies in the
United States. All members shall be individuals qualified
to provide the Secretary with advice described in para-
graph (1).
‘‘(3) The Technology Development Advisory Board
shall request comment and suggestions from departmental
multiprogram laboratories, from United States industry,
and from educational institutions and professional and
technical societies in the United States, to assist the
Board in providing advice to the Secretary described in
paragraph (1).
‘‘(b) The director of each departmental multiprogram
laboratory shall establish an advisory group consisting of
representatives of United States industry, and of edu-
cational institutions and professional and technical soci-
eties in the United States, who have experience in the in-
dustrial sector to—
‘‘(1) evaluate new initiatives proposed by the
departmental multiprogram laboratory and identify
opportunities for collaborative efforts with United
States industry on those initiatives; and
‘‘(2) evaluate ongoing programs at the depart-
mental multiprogram laboratory from the perspec-
tive of United States industry.
‘‘(c) The Secretary or the director of a departmental
multiprogram laboratory may utilize existing advisory
boards to achieve the purposes of this section.
‘‘(d) Section 14 of the Federal Advisory Committee
Act shall not apply to any advisory board or group estab-
lished under this section.
‘‘OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT
‘‘SEC. 204. (a) There shall be within the Department
an Office of Technology Development, to be headed by a
Director, who shall report to the Under Secretary for
Science and Technology. This office shall be established
through consolidation of the functions and budgetary au-
thority of the Defense Laboratory Technology Transfer
Program, the Energy Research Laboratory Technology
Transfer Program, and the Office of Technology Utiliza-
tion. The Director of the Office shall—
‘‘(1) work with all Assistant Secretaries, Office
Directors, and other Department officials with re-
sponsibilities for managing research and develop-
ment programs to ensure that technology transfer
considerations are fully integrated into the planning
and conduct of all research and development con-
ducted at departmental laboratories;
‘‘(2) develop and issue departmental policies for
technology transfer activities, with the goal of creat-
ing a stable and consistent policy framework for de-
partmental collaborations with private industry,
State or local governments, or universities or other
nonprofit organizations;
‘‘(3) coordinate the management of Department
funding for departmental collaborations with private
industry, State or local governments, or universities
or other nonprofit organizations;
‘‘(4) develop appropriate criteria for measuring
the success of departmental technology transfer pro-
grams, and ensure that all departmental technology
transfer programs are evaluated on the basis of
those criteria;
‘‘(5) provide funding for cooperative research
and development agreements;
‘‘(6) support, to the extent funds are available
for such purpose under subsection (b), generic,
precompetitive research that advances research and
development activities at departmental laboratories
to the point of providing the potential basis for tech-
nology transfer;
‘‘(7) for each cooperative research and develop-
ment agreement entered into by a departmental lab-
oratory or laboratories, prepare and make available
to Congress a data sheet which provides the approxi-
mate date or dates on which the agreement went
through each major stage of development, consider-
ation, and disposition by the laboratory or labora-
tories and the Department;
‘‘(8) promote and administer the National
Technology Partnership Award established by sec-
tion 8(a) of the Department of Energy Laboratory
Technology Act of 1993; and
‘‘(9) carry out such additional duties as are as-
signed to the Office of Technology Development by
the Secretary relating to enhancing the technology
transfer activities of the Department.
‘‘(b) There are authorized to be appropriated to the
Secretary, to be managed by the Office of Technology De-
velopment, for carrying out paragraphs (5) and (6) of sub-
section 
(a), 
$310,000,000 
for 
fiscal 
year 
1994,
$400,000,000 for fiscal year 1995, $500,000,000 for fis-
cal year 1996, and $580,000,000 for fiscal year 1997, of
which at least 5 percent for each fiscal year shall be for
carrying out subsection (a)(6). The Office of Technology
Development shall ensure that appropriated funding is
available to all departmental laboratories without distinc-
tion as to whether the laboratory is involved in defense
or nondefense activities.’’;
(7) in section 211, as so redesignated by para-
graph (5) of this section—
(A) by inserting the following at the end of
subsection (a): ‘‘Such Director shall report to
the Under Secretary for Science and Tech-
nology.’’; and
(B) by amending subsection (b) to read as
follows:
‘‘(b) It shall be the duty and responsibility of the Di-
rector—
‘‘(1) to manage high energy and nuclear phys-
ics, fusion energy, and supporting research and tech-
nical analysis programs, including basic energy
sciences and university and science education pro-
grams;
‘‘(2) to manage research and development on
the health, safety, and environmental effects of en-
ergy technologies and programs;
‘‘(3) to administer the Department’s Small
Business Innovation Research Program;
‘‘(4) to manage the Department’s program of
grants and other forms of financial assistance in
support of basic and applied energy research activi-
ties; and
‘‘(5) to carry out such additional duties as are
assigned to the Office by the Secretary.’’; and
(8) by amending the table of contents to con-
form to the amendments made by this section.
SEC. 7. AMENDMENTS TO STEVENSON-WYDLER TECH-
NOLOGY INNOVATION ACT OF 1980.
Section 12(c)(5) of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology
Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3710a(c)(5)) is amend-
ed—
(1) by amending subparagraph (C)(i) to read as
follows:
‘‘(C)(i) Except as provided in subparagraphs (D) and
(E), any agency which has contracted with a non-Federal
entity to operate a laboratory shall review and approve,
request specific modifications to, or disapprove a joint
work statement and cooperative research and development
agreement that is submitted by the director of such lab-
oratory within 30 days after such submission. In any case
in which such an agency disapproves or requests the modi-
fication of a joint work statement or cooperative research
and development agreement submitted under this section,
the agency shall promptly transmit a written explanation
of such disapproval or modification to the director of the
laboratory concerned. In any case where an agency has
requested specific modifications to a joint work statement
or cooperative research and development agreement, the
agency shall approve or disapprove any resubmission of
such joint work statement or cooperative research and de-
velopment agreement within 15 days after resubmission.
No agreement may be entered into by a Government-
agency for the cooperative research and development
agreement.
‘‘(ii) A laboratory director who is granted authority
by a Federal agency to enter into a cooperative research
and development agreement pursuant to clause (i) shall
provide the Federal agency with all relevant materials as-
sociated with the decision to enter into such an agreement,
including an explanation of how the agreement will com-
plement and contribute to the laboratory’s missions and
activities.’’.
SEC. 8. NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY PARTNERSHIP AWARD.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a Na-
tional Technology Partnership Award, which shall be evi-
denced by a medal or trophy bearing the inscription ‘‘Na-
tional Technology Partnership Award’’. The medal or tro-
phy shall be of such design and materials and bear such
additional inscriptions as the Secretary may prescribe.
(b) PRESENTATION OF AWARD.—(1) The President
shall periodically make the award to private sector or Fed-
eral Government organizations or individuals rec-
ommended by the review committee established under sub-
section (e) which in the judgment of the President have
substantially benefited the economic or social well-being
of the United States through public sector-private sector
collaboration involving technology development or tech-
nology transfer, and which as a consequence are deserving
of special recognition.
(2) The presentation of the award shall be made by
the President with such ceremonies as the President may
deem proper.
(3) An organization to which an award is made under
this section may publicize its receipt of such award and
use the award in its advertising, but it shall be ineligible
to receive another such award in the same category for
a period of 5 years.
(c) CATEGORIES IN WHICH AWARD MAY BE GIVEN.—
(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3) and the availability
of appropriations or other funding, separate awards shall
be made to qualifying organizations or individuals in each
of the following categories:
(A) An organization or individual involved in a
collaboration that led to the development or transfer
of a technology that contributed substantially to the
economic competitiveness of United States industry.
(B) An officer or employee of the Federal Gov-
ernment, or of a Federal laboratory, who has dem-
onstrated unique foresight by integrating industry
participation into a program in a fashion that added
considerable value to the Federal investment.
(C) An organization or individual involved in a
collaboration that led to the development or transfer
of a technology that contributed substantially toward
protection of the environment.
(2) The Secretary may at any time expand, subdivide,
or otherwise modify the list of categories under paragraph
(1), except that any such expansion, subdivision, or modi-
fication shall not be effective unless the Secretary has sub-
mitted a detailed description thereof to the Congress and
a period of 30 days has elapsed since that submission.
(3) Not more than 2 awards may be made within any
category in any year, and no award shall be made within
any category if there are no qualifying candidates in that
category.
(d) CRITERIA FOR QUALIFICATION.—An organiza-
tion, officer, or employee of the Federal Government, or
of a Federal laboratory, may qualify for an award under
this section only if nominated in writing by the appro-
priate senior official of a Federal agency. A private sector
organization or individual may qualify for an award under
this section only if it applies to the Secretary in writing
for the award, or is nominated in writing by the appro-
priate senior official of a Federal agency.
(e) REVIEW COMMITTEE.—(1) The Secretary shall
establish and chair a review committee that shall meet an-
nually to review nominations and applications for the Na-
tional Technology Partnership Award, and to recommend
to the President organizations or individuals that are
qualified to receive the Award.
(2) The membership of the review committee shall
consist of one representative each from the Federal orga-
nizations which comprise the Council, and an equal num-
ber of prominent representatives from private industry,
State or local governments, or universities or other non-
profit organizations, who are qualified to evaluate and
judge the merits of proposed candidates for the National
Technology Partnership Award.
(3) Members of the review committee shall receive no
compensation for service on the review committee other
than travel expenses and per diem in lieu of subsistence.
(4) Section 14 of the Federal Advisory Committee
Act shall not apply to the review committee established
under this subsection.
(f) FUNDING.—The Secretary is authorized to seek
and accept gifts from public and private sources to carry
out the program under this section.
SEC. 9. FEDERAL LABORATORY MISSION EVALUATION AND
COORDINATION COMMITTEE.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The President, through the
Council, shall establish a Federal Laboratory Mission
Evaluation and Coordination Committee. The Committee
shall carry out Council functions under section 401 of the
National Science and Technology Policy, Organization,
and Priorities Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 6651) relating to
evaluation and coordination of activities carried out at
Federal laboratories.
(b) MEMBERSHIP.—The Committee shall consist of
the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Pol-
icy, who shall chair the Committee, and one representative
each from—
(1) the Department of Agriculture;
(2) the Department of Commerce;
(3) the Department of Defense;
(4) the Department of Education;
(5) the Department of Energy;
(6) the Department of Health and Human
Services;
(7) the Department of Housing and Urban De-
velopment;
(8) the Department of the Interior;
(9) the Department of State;
(10) the Department of Transportation;
(11) the Department of Veterans Affairs;
(12) the Environmental Protection Agency;
Committee, and shall remain in the employ of such agency
or department.
(d) FUNCTIONS.—The Committee shall—
(1) review the missions of, activities conducted
at, and scientific, technical, and human resources at,
Federal laboratories, with the goals of—
(A) improving the efficiency and effective-
ness of the overall Federal laboratory system;
(B) ensuring that research and develop-
ment conducted at Federal laboratories is co-
ordinated to maximize its contribution to Unit-
ed States economic growth, environmental pro-
tection, national security, expansion of human
knowledge, and other important national goals;
and
(C) ensuring, to the maximum extent prac-
ticable, that between 10 and 20 percent of the
budgets of Federal laboratories are devoted to
collaborative activities with private industry and
State or local governments;
(2) develop and implement a process for assign-
ing missions to the Federal laboratories with the
best scientific, technical, and human capabilities for
successfully addressing such missions;
(3) develop and ensure implementation, as ap-
propriate, of a cross-cutting program evaluation sys-
tem for research and development activities at the
Federal laboratories including, where appropriate,
the establishment of technical milestones and other
measures for performance evaluation for major ac-
tivities at Federal laboratories;
(4) serve as a forum for review and develop-
ment of Government-wide policies and procedures
for collaborative activities between Federal labora-
tories and private industry, State or local govern-
ments, or universities or other nonprofit organiza-
tions;
(5) work to ensure that technology transfer
considerations are integrated into the planning of
Federal laboratory research and development activi-
ties;
(6) annually evaluate and report to Congress on
the progress of all appropriate Federal laboratories
toward achieving the goal stated in paragraph
(1)(C); and
(7) prepare, and submit to the President within
1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, rec-
ommendations regarding the advisability of the es-
tablishment of a Commission to determine whether
specific Federal laboratories should be realigned,
consolidated, closed, or otherwise altered in order to
meet the goals stated in subparagraphs (A), (B),
and (C) of paragraph (1).
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