,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bjji  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #bg1     
#bjai,mr4 ,coons 7for himself1 ,mr4     
,risch1 ,mr4 ,gardner1 and ,ms4 ,smith7 
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on ,energy and ,natural      
,resources  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the    
,energy ,policy ,act of #bjje to require
 the establishment of a small business  
voucher program1 and for other purposes4
  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be    
cited as the ,small ,businesses         
,partnering with ,national ,labs ,act of
 #bjai4  #b4 ,small business advocacy   
and assistance ,section #ajjc of the    
,energy ,policy ,act of #bjje 7#db      
,u4,s4,c4 #afcic7 is amended-- 7#a7 in  
subsection 7a7--  7,a7 in the matter    
preceding paragraph 7#a71 by striking 1 
and may require the ,director of a      
single-purpose research facility1 and   
inserting 7as defined in section #b7 and
 the ,director of each single-purpose   

research facility2  7,b7 in paragraph   
7#a7--  7i7 by striking increase and    
inserting encourage2 and  7ii7 by       
striking collaborative research1 and    
inserting research1 development1        
demonstration1 and commercial           
application activities1 including       
product development12  7,c7 in paragraph
 7#b71 by striking procurement and      
collaborative research and inserting the
 activities described in paragraph 7#a72
  7,d7 in paragraph 7#c7--  7i7 by      
inserting facilities1 before training2  
and  7ii7 by striking procurement and   
collaborative research activities and   
inserting the activities described in   
paragraph 7#a72 and  7,e7 in paragraph  
7#e71 by striking for the program under 
subsection 7b7 and inserting and metrics
 for the programs under subsections 7b7 
and 7c72  7#b7 by redesignating         
subsections 7c7 and 7d7 as subsections  
7d7 and 7e71 respectively2  7#c7 by     
inserting after subsection 7b7 the      
following3  7c7 ,small business voucher 

program  7#a7 ,definitions ,in this     
subsection3  7,a7 ,director ,the term   
,director means-- 7i7 the ,director of  
each ,national ,laboratory2 and  7ii7   
the ,director of each single-purpose    
research facility4  7,b7 ,national      
,laboratory ,the term ,national         
,laboratory has the meaning given the   
term in section #b4  7,c7 ,program ,the 
term program means the program          
established under paragraph 7#b74  7#b7 
,establishment ,the ,secretary1 working 
with the ,office of ,technology         
,transitions and the ,technology        
,transfer ,coordinator appointed under  
section #ajja7;a71 and in consultation  
with the ,directors1 shall establish a  
program to provide small business       
concerns with vouchers under paragraph  
7#c7--  7,a7 to achieve the goal        
described in subsection 7a77#a72 and    
7,b7 to improve the products1 services1 
and capabilities of small business      
concerns in the mission space of the    
,department4  7#c7 ,vouchers ,under the 

program1 the ,directors are authorized  
to provide to small business concerns   
vouchers to be used at ,national        
,laboratories and single-purpose        
research facilities for--  7,a7         
research1 development1 demonstration1   
technology transfer1 or commercial      
application activities2 or  7,b7 any    
other activities that the applicable    
,director determines appropriate4  7#d7 
,expedited contracting  7,a7 ,in general
 ,the ,secretary1 working with the      
,directors1 shall establish a           
streamlined approval process for        
expedited contracting between--  7i7    
small business concerns selected to     
receive a voucher under the program2 and
  7ii7 the ,national ,laboratories and  
single-purpose research facilities4     
7,b7 ,decisionmaking authority ,the     
,secretary shall determine the          
appropriate decisionmaking authority at 
the ,national ,laboratories and         
single-purpose research facilities with 
respect to the expedited contracting    

described in subparagraph 7,a74  7#e7   
,cost-sharing requirement ,in carrying  
out the program1 the ,secretary shall   
require cost-sharing in accordance with 
section #ihh4  2 and  7#d7 in subsection
 7e7 7as so redesignated71 by striking  
#e1jjj1jjj for each of fiscal years     
#bjjf through #bjjh and inserting       
#be1jjj1jjj for fiscal year #bjai and   
each fiscal year thereafter4  #c4       
,increase and streamline recovery of    
unclaimed assets owed to the ,united    
,states ,section #cgaa of title #ca1    
,united ,states ,code1 is amended by    
adding at the end the following3  7j7   
7#a7 ,the ,secretary of the ,treasury   
7referred to in this subsection as the  
,secretary7 may locate and recover      
unclaimed assets of the ,united ,states 
,government on behalf of any executive1 
judicial1 or legislative agency in      
accordance with such procedures as the  
,secretary considers appropriate4  7#b7 
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law concerning the depositing or        

collection of ,federal payments1        
including section #ccjb7;b71 the        
,secretary may retain a portion of the  
amounts recovered under this subsection 
to cover the administrative and         
operational costs of the ,secretary     
associated with locating and recovering 
assets of the ,united ,states           
,government4  4