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eminence of the United States into the 21st Cen-
tury.
SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of this Act:
(1) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means
the Secretary of Commerce.
(2) CORPORATION.—The term ‘‘Corporation’’
means the Technology Transfer and Commercializa-
tion Financing Corporation established under title II
of this Act.
(3) BOARD.—The term ‘‘Board’’ means the
board of directors of the Transfer and Commer-
cialization Financing Corporation.
(4) FUND.—The term ‘‘Fund’’ means the Tech-
nology Transfer Investment Fund established under
section 302.
(5) QUALIFIED CONCERN.—The term ‘‘qualified
concern’’ means a United States based consortia, a
private United States business, or an educational in-
stitution participating in a joint project with one or
more private United States businesses, for the devel-
opment and commercialization of patents, licenses,
processes, technologies—
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(A) owned or held in whole or part by Fed-
eral departments, agencies, or government con-
trolled corporations,
(B) developed in Federal laboratories,
(C) arising in the course of federally fund-
ed research at educational institutions, other
units of government, or with private concerns,
or
(D) which are made available to the Fed-
eral Government by private concerns.
(6) ACADEMY.—The term ‘‘Academy’’ means
the National Academy of Sciences.
TITLE I—CONSOLIDATION OF
INFORMATION ON TECHNOLOGIES
SEC. 101. ESTABLISHMENT OF DATA BASE.
The Secretary of Commerce shall establish and main-
tain an integrated, comprehensive data base describing all
patents, licenses, technologies, and processes owned, or
held in whole or part, by the Federal Government, or
which originated in the course of federally funded research
to which the Federal Government has an interest.
SEC. 102. STANDARDIZATION AND ACCESSIBILITY OF IN-
FORMATION.
(a) STANDARDIZATION AND ACCESSIBILITY OF IN-
FORMATION.—The Secretary shall take such steps as are
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necessary to ensure that the information contained in the
data base established under section 101—
(1) is in a standardized form, and
(2) is accessible and usable in a manner as sim-
ple and easy to use as possible, recognizing the
needs of small- and medium-sized businesses.
(b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—In carrying out this title,
the Secretary shall—
(1) consult with and, to the extent practicable,
utilize the capabilities of other executive agencies, as
appropriate, to ensure the efficient and effective im-
plementation of this section; and
(2) explore, with other executive agencies, ways
to avoid duplication of effort by consolidating the
administration of the program established by this
section with any other similar Federal program, and
as part of such consolidation may delegate adminis-
trative functions, as necessary and appropriate, to
another executive agency.
(c) OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES.—Other executive
agencies shall provide such information, and in such form,
as determined by the Secretary and shall cooperate with
the Secretary in carrying out this section.
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SEC. 103. ACCESS TO THE DATA BASE.
(a) ACCESS TO THE DATA BASE BY THE CORPORA-
TION.—Except as provided in subsection (c), the Secretary
shall provide unlimited access to the data base established
under this title to the Technology Transfer and Commer-
cialization Financing Corporation established under title
II, without fee, to assist the Corporation in meeting its
responsibilities under this Act.
(b) ACCESS TO THE DATA BASE BY THE PUBLIC.—
Except as provided in subsection (c), the Secretary shall,
by regulation, develop and implement procedures provid-
ing for access to the data base established under this title
to members of the general public.
(c) RESTRICTIONS.—If, in consultation with the
heads of other executive agencies, the Secretary deter-
mines that access by the Corporation or any other person
to information contained in the data base established
under this title would—
(1) threaten national security,
(2) violate the proprietary rights of any private
interest, or
(3) be otherwise inappropriate
the Secretary shall take such steps as may determine to
be appropriate to limit access to the information in the
data base described in paragraphs (1), (2), or (3) of this
subsection to the Corporation or any other person.