,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cefi  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,january #aj1  
#bjbd,mr4 ,tillis introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on the      
,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to require the  
,comptroller ,general of the ,united    
,states to submit a report on the       
disclosure process for intellectual     
property created under a ,federal grant1
 and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short    
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,improving ,efficiency to ,increase     
,competition ,act4  #b4 ,,gao study on  
the impact of ,bayh-,dole ,act          
regulations on contractors in the       
,united ,states  7a7 ,definitions ,in   
this section3 7#a7 ,ability ,the term   
ability means time1 resources1 staff1   
and any other metric determined         
necessary for compliance under the      
contract requirements described in      
chapter #ah of title #ce1 ,united       
,states ,code1 including any regulation 

issued under that chapter4  7#b7        
,contractor2 ,federal agency2 funding   
agreement ,the terms contractor1        
,federal agency1 and funding agreement  
have the meanings given those terms in  
section #bja of title #ce1 ,united      
,states ,code4  7#c7 ,institution of    
higher education ,the term institution  
of higher education has the meaning     
given the term in section #aja7;a7 of   
the ,higher ,education ,act of #aife    
7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ajja7;a774  7#d7        
,relevant committees ,the term relevant 
committees means the following3 7,a7    
,the ,committee on the ,judiciary of the
 ,senate4  7,b7 ,the ,committee on      
,commerce1 ,science1 and ,transportation
 of the ,senate4  7,c7 ,the ,committee  
on ,health1 ,education1 ,labor1 and     
,pensions of the ,senate4  7,d7 ,the    
,committee on the ,judiciary of the     
,house of ,representatives4  7,e7 ,the  
,committee on ,science1 ,space1 and     
,technology of the ,house of            
,representatives4  7,f7 ,the ,committee 

on ,education and the ,workforce of the 
,house of ,representatives4  7b7 ,report
 required  7#a7 ,in general ,not later  
than #ahj days after the date of        
enactment of this ,act1 the ,comptroller
 ,general of the ,united ,states shall  
brief the relevant committees1 with a   
report to follow on a mutually agreed   
upon date that is not later than #a year
 after the date of enactment of this    
,act1 regarding the implementation of   
chapter #ah of title #ce1 ,united       
,states ,code 7commonly referred to as  
the ,bayh-,dole ,act71 specifically with
 respect to the requirements under that 
chapter1 and the regulations            
implementing that chapter1 that a       
contractor under a funding agreement    
with a ,federal agency must follow with 
respect to patent disclosure4  7#b7     
,contents ,the report required under    
paragraph 7#a7 shall include1 to the    
extent practicable1 information on the  
following3 7,a7 ,the percentage of      
inventions1 as defined in section #bja  

of title #ce1 ,united ,states ,code1    
that are not elected by contractors to  
retain within the time period provided  
following the disclosure of an invention
 under part #dja of title #cg1 ,code of 
,federal ,regulations1 or any successor 
regulations4  7,b7 ,after any automatic 
extension of time has been granted under
 section #dja4ad of title #cg1 ,code of 
,federal ,regulations1 or any successor 
regulation1 and in a case in which a    
contractor requests an additional       
extension-- 7i7 the number of such      
extensions that are granted by ,federal 
agencies for disclosure1 election1 and  
filing under that section2 and  7ii7 the
 average response time by each ,federal 
agency for such an extension4  7,c7 ,how
 the reporting requirements under       
chapter #ah of title #ce1 ,united       
,states ,code1 impact the ability of a  
contractor to compete with foreign      
competitors4  7,d7 ,how the ,federal    
,government uses ,federal reporting     
under chapter #ah of title #ce1 ,united 

,states ,code1 by contractors and       
suggested improvements to ensure there  
is an improved public-private           
partnership4  7,e7 ,barriers that       
,federal reporting requirements under   
chapter #ah of title #ce1 ,united       
,states ,code1 create for contractors to
 develop inventions1 as defined in      
section #bja of title #ce1 ,united      
,states ,code4  7,f7 ,the time and      
effort institutions of higher education 
must use for the management and         
reporting required under chapter #ah of 
title #ce1 ,united ,states ,code1       
including-- 7i7 input from contractors  
with various sizes1 budgets1            
geographical positions1 and specialties2
  7ii7 with respect to any institution  
of higher education included in the     
report1 a consideration of the specific 
research designations for that          
institution1 including whether the      
institution is classified as an ,r#a or 
,r#b doctoral university1 according to  
the ,carnegie ,classification of        

,institutions of ,higher ,education     
framework2 and  7iii7 how such          
contractors vary on their ability to    
efficiently comply with the requirements
 under that chapter4  7,g7 ,difficulties
 contractors encounter in using the     
patent reporting system deployed by the 
,national ,institute of ,standards and  
,technology 7commonly known as1 and     
referred to in this paragraph as1       
i,edison7 and recommendations to address
 those difficulties4  7,h7 ,if any other
 ,federal agency does not use i,edison1 
whether that ,federal agency-- 7i7 would
 benefit from using a singular standard 
,federal reporting system2 and  7ii7 can
 effectively standardize reporting      
requirements in order to streamline     
processes required by contractors4  7,i7
 ,the number of disclosure systems used 
throughout the ,federal ,government1    
listed by which system is used by each  
,federal agency1 and the various        
disclosure requirements made by each    
such ,federal agency4