,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #agaa  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #bd1 #bjac    
,mr4 ,ben ,ray ,lujn of ,new ,mexico    
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,science1
 ,space1 and ,technology  ,a ,,bill  ,to
 make funds available to the ,department
 of ,energy ,national ,laboratories for 
the ,federal share of cooperative       
research and development agreements that
 support maturing ,laboratory technology
 and transferring it to the private     
sector1 and for other purposes4  #a4    
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,cooperative ,research and          
,development ,fund ,authorization ,act  
of #bjac4  #b4 ,cooperative research and
 development fund  7a7 ,in general ,the 
,secretary of ,energy shall make funds  
available to ,department of ,energy     
,national ,laboratories for the ,federal
 share of cooperative research and      
development agreements that support     
maturing ,laboratory technology and     

transferring it to the private sector4  
7b7 ,apportionment  7#a7 ,in general    
,the ,secretary of ,energy shall        
determine the apportionment of such     
funds to each ,department of ,energy    
,national ,laboratory and shall ensure  
that special consideration is given to  
small business firms and consortia      
involving small business firms in the   
selection process for which cooperative 
research and development agreements will
 receive such funds4  7#b7 ,definition  
,in this section1 the term small        
business firm has the meaning given such
 term in section #d of the              
,stevenson-,wydler ,technology          
,innovation ,act of #aihj 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4
 #cgjc74  7c7 ,performance evaluation   
metrics ,the ,secretary of ,energy shall
 ensure that the performance evaluation 
metrics of each ,national ,laboratory   
operating contractor provide incentives 
for1 and measure the effectiveness of1  
the contractor's cooperative research   
and development agreement program at    

maturing ,laboratory technology and     
transferring it to the private sector4  
7d7 ,reporting  7#a7 ,requirement ,the  
,secretary of ,energy shall annually    
transmit to ,congress a report that     
describes how funds were expended under 
this section1 including a description   
of--  7,a7 the types and sizes of       
non-,federal entities that participated 
in cooperative research and development 
agreements receiving funds under this   
section2 and  7,b7 the economic benefits
 resulting from cooperative research and
 development agreements that received   
funds under this section in previous    
years4  7#b7 ,consolidation of reports  
,reports required under this subsection 
may be consolidated with other related  
reports required from the ,secretary4   
7e7 ,savings provision ,nothing in this 
section shall be construed to preclude  
or limit the use of funding provided    
under other authority of law for        
entering into or increasing the ,federal
 share of cooperative research and      

development agreements1 either in       
combination with funding provided under 
this section or separately4  7f7        
,authorization of appropriations ,there 
are authorized to be appropriated to the
 ,secretary of ,energy to carry out this
 section #bj1jjj1jjj for each of the    
fiscal years #bjad through #bjah4