IIB 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 788 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
FEBRUARY 25, 2025 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources 
AN ACT 
To provide for Department of Energy and Small Business 
Administration joint research and development activities, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘DOE and SBA Re-
search Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND SMALL BUSINESS 
ADMINISTRATION JOINT RESEARCH AND DE-
VELOPMENT ACTIVITIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Energy and the 
Administrator of the Small Business Administration (in 
this section referred to as the ‘‘covered officials’’) shall 
enter into a memorandum of understanding or other ap-
propriate agreement to carry out cross-cutting and col-
laborative research and development activities focused on 
the joint advancement of Department of Energy and 
Small Business Administration mission requirements and 
priorities. 
(b) MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING OR AGREE-
MENT.—The covered officials shall carry out and coordi-
nate the activities described in subsection (a) by entering 
into one or more memoranda of understanding or other 
appropriate agreements, as jointly determined by the cov-
ered officials. 
(c) INCLUSION OF SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS.—In 
carrying out the activities described in subsection (a), the 
covered officials shall ensure the inclusion of small busi-
ness concerns (as defined under section 3 of the Small 
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Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632)) in such activities, as appro-
priate. 
(d) OTHER REQUIREMENTS.—In carrying out the ac-
tivities described in subsection (a), the covered officials 
may— 
(1) carry out reimbursable agreements between 
the Department of Energy, the Small Business Ad-
ministration, and appropriate entities in order to 
maximize the effectiveness of research and develop-
ment activities carried out pursuant to a memo-
randum or agreement described in subsection (b); 
and 
(2) collaborate with other Federal agencies as 
appropriate to carry out such activities. 
(e) REPORT.—Not later than two years after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the covered officials shall 
submit to Congress a report on activities carried out pur-
suant to a memorandum or agreement described in sub-
section (b) that includes the following: 
(1) Coordination between the covered officials 
involved in such activities. 
(2) Potential opportunities to expand the tech-
nical capabilities of the Department of Energy and 
the Small Business Administration. 
(3) Collaborative research achievements. 
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(4) Areas of future mutually beneficial success. 
(5) Continuation of coordination activities be-
tween the Department of Energy and the Small 
Business Administration. 
(f) RESEARCH SECURITY.—The activities carried out 
pursuant to a memorandum or agreement described in 
subsection (b) shall be applied in a manner consistent with 
subtitle D of title VI of the Research and Development, 
Competition, and Innovation Act (Public Law 117–167; 
42 U.S.C. 19231 et seq.). 
SEC. 3. COMPLIANCE WITH CUTGO. 
No additional amounts are authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out this Act or the amendments made 
by this Act. 
Passed the House of Representatives February 25, 
2025. 
Attest: 
KEVIN F. MCCUMBER, 
Clerk. 
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