US Congress House Bill 1797 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Introduced on May 6 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-05-24 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Strategic Forces Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Instructs the Secretary of Energy (DOE) to direct DOE national laboratories, including those administered by the National Nuclear Security Administration, to enter into new or increase the federal share of existing cooperative research and development agreements to better carry out DOE missions. Directs the Secretary to ensure that: (1) special consideration is given to agreements that include small business firms and consortia involving such firms; and (2) the performance evaluation metrics of each national laboratory operating contractor provide incentives for, and measure the effectiveness of, such contractor's cooperative research and development agreement program at maturing laboratory technology and transferring it to the private sector.

To promote the use of cooperative research and development agreements by the Department of Energy National Laboratories, and for other purposes.

Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]

Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]

Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-05-24	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces.
2011-05-13	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
2011-05-06	House	Referred to House Armed Services
2011-05-06	House	Referred to House Science, Space, and Technology
2011-05-06	House	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.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/1797/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr1797/BILLS-112hr1797ih.pdf