S.Amdt. 3941

1. Adds SEC. 3117. REPORT ON ENTREPRENEURIAL IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER at the end of subtitle B of title XXXI of division C

   Adds a section

   In S. 2410 · Placed on Calendar Senate

   The Administrator for Nuclear Security shall include, in the budget justification materials submitted to Congress in support of the budget of the President for fiscal year 2016 (as submitted to Congress under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code), specific identification, as a budgetary line item, of the amounts required for uranium technology sustainment in support of the nuclear weapons stockpile in a manner that minimizes the use of plant-directed research and development funds for full-scale technology development past a technology readiness level of 5 (as defined in Department of Energy Guide 413.3-4A (relating to technology readiness assessment)).

   Inserted: SEC. 3117. REPORT ON ENTREPRENEURIAL IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER.

   Inserted: (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to Congress a report on the entrepreneurial impact of technology transfer at the laboratories of the National Nuclear Security Administration.

   Inserted: (b) Basis of Report.--The report under subsection (a) shall be based on an evaluation of quantitative performance metrics, including--

   Inserted: (1) the number of licenses granted to small businesses;

   Inserted: (2) the number of start-up businesses created;

   Inserted: (3) 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;

   Inserted: (4) the period of time required for execution of a license; and

   Inserted: (5) the number of jobs created.

   Original wording

   At the end of subtitle B of title XXXI of division C, add the following:

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