A bill to require the Comptroller General of the United States to submit to Congress a report on the entrepreneurial impact of technology transfer at the National Laboratories.
Latest action · Sep 18, 2014 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Progress
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- IntroducedSep 18, 2014
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Directs the Comptroller General (GAO) to report to Congress on the entrepreneurial impact of technology transfer at the National Laboratories. Requires such report to be based on an evaluation of quantitative performance metrics, including:
- the number of licenses granted to small businesses,
- the numbers of start-up businesses created,
- the number of cooperative research and development agreements and collaborations involving small businesses and the total number of businesses involved in those agreements and collaborations,
- the period of time required for the execution of a license, and
- the number of jobs created.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 18, 2014Introduced in Senate
- Sep 18, 2014Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications.
- Business investment and capital
- Congressional oversight
- Employee hiring
- Government buildings, facilities, and property
- Government studies and investigations
- Licensing and registrations
- Performance measurement
- Research administration and funding
- Research and development
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Small business
- Technology transfer and commercialization
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 18, 2014Introduced in Senate
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