S.Amdt. 3215

SA 3215. Mr. CARDIN 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:

At the end of subtitle E of title IV, add the following:

SEC. 44__. EXEMPTION FROM COST-SHARING REQUIREMENTS FOR
CERTAIN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS.

Section 988 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C.
16352) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(g) Exemption.--The Secretary may exempt from the
requirements of subsection (b) a small business concern (as
defined in section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
632)) that is eligible to receive an award under the SBIR
program (as defined in section 9(e) of that Act (15 U.S.C.
638(e))) of the Department.''.
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