S.Amdt. 3096

SA 3096. Mr. COONS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 2953 proposed by Ms. Murkowski to the bill S. 2012, to
provide for the modernization of the energy policy of the United
States, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table;
as follows:

On page 359, strike line 7 and insert the following:

SEC. 4204. FUNDING COMPETITIVENESS FOR INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER
EDUCATION AND OTHER NONPROFIT INSTITUTIONS.

Section 988(b) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C.
16352(b)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``Except as provided in
paragraphs (2) and (3)'' and inserting ``Except as provided
in paragraphs (2), (3), and (4)''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(4) Exemption for institutions of higher education and
other nonprofit institutions.--
``(A) In general.--Paragraph (1) shall not apply to a
research or development activity performed by an institution
of higher education or nonprofit institution (as defined in
section 4 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act
of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3703)).
``(B) Termination date.--The exemption under subparagraph
(A) shall apply during the 6-year period beginning on the
date of enactment of this paragraph.''.

SEC. 4205. MICROLAB TECHNOLOGY COMMERCIALIZATION.

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