Federal Technology Transfer Act of 1986

Summary

Federal Technology Transfer Act of 1985 - Amends the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 to authorize Federal agencies, subject to specified conditions, to permit the directors of their Government-operated Federal laboratories to: (1) enter into cooperative research and development agreements with other Federal agencies, State or local governments, industrial organizations, industrial development organizations, public and private foundations, nonprofit organizations (including universities), licensees of Federal inventions, and other persons; and (2) negotiate patent licensing agreements. Authorizes Government-operated Federal laboratories, under such agreements and subject to specified conditions, to: (1) grant patent licenses or assignments, or options, in any subject invention made by a Federal employee, or made jointly by a Federal employee and an employee of the collaborating party, and to retain such rights as the laboratory deems appropriate; and (2) waive in advance any right of ownership which the Federal Government may have to any subject invention made by a collaborating party or such party's employee under the agreement. Requires Federal agencies to establish certain plans to be followed in entering into such agreements. Requires, within 180 days after the enactment of this Act, each Federal agency to draft or modify revised regulations or instructions for its cooperative research and development program. Sets forth guidelines for such revised regulations or instructions. Directs each agency to maintain a record of all such agreements. Establishes the Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer in the National Science Foundation. Requires the Director of the Foundation to appoint an individual to manage the Consortium and authorizes such individual to appoint Consortium employees. Sets forth Consortium duties relating to the commercial potential of new technologies generated by Federal laboratory research. Requires the Director of the Foundation to report annually to the President and to the appropriate authorization and appropriation committees of the Congress on the Consortium and other specified activities. Requires, for FY 1987 through 1991, Federal agencies to transfer a specified portion of the research and development budget of their laboratories to the Foundation for use by the Consortium in carrying out its activities. Makes technology transfer, consistent with mission responsibilities, the responsibility of each Federal laboratory science and engineering professional. Requires each Federal laboratory director to ensure that efforts to transfer technology are considered positively in laboratory job descriptions, employee promotion policies, and evaluation of the job performance of scientists and engineers in the laboratory. Requires each Federal laboratory with 200 or more full-time scientific and engineering professionals to have at least one full-time equivalent technology transfer position. Abolishes the Center for the Utilization of Federal Technology and transfers its functions to the National Technical Information Service (NTIS). Requires Federal agencies to report annually on technology transfer efforts in their annual budget submissions to the Congress. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to: (1) make available to interested agencies the expertise of the Department of Commerce regarding the commercial potential of inventions and methods and options for commercialization which are available to the Federal laboratories, including research and development limited partnerships; (2) develop model provisions for use on a voluntary basis in cooperative research and development arrangements, and disseminate such provisions to appropriate agency and laboratory personnel; and (3) furnish advice and assistance to Federal agencies concerning their cooperative research and development efforts. Requires Federal agencies which expend certain amounts for research and development to establish cash awards programs to reward their scientific, engineering, and technical personnel for inventions or other exemplary activities relating to domestic technology transfer. Sets forth rules and formulas for the distribution of royalties or other income received by Federal agencies from the licensing or assignment of inventions under such agreements under this Act, and from inventions of Government-operated Federal laboratories licensed under provisions of Federal law relating to domestic and foreign protection of federally owned inventions, or under any other provisions of law. Requires Federal agencies to submit annually to the appropriate authorization and appropriation committees of the Congress summaries of the amount of royalties or other income received and expenditures made (including inventor awards) under such rules and formulas. Renames the Centers for Industrial Technology as Cooperative Research Centers.

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Timeline

1. 18 November 1985

   Committee

   For Previous Action See H.R.1572.

   Source: Committee

2. 18 November 1985

   Introduced

   Referred to House Committee on Science and Technology.

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 18 November 1985

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 18 November 1985

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

5. 21 November 1985

   Reported

   Ordered to be Reported (Amended).

   Source: Committee

6. 21 November 1985

   Committee

   Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

   Source: Committee

7. 5 December 1985

   Calendars

   Placed on Union Calendar No: 243.

   Source: Calendars

8. 5 December 1985

   Reported

   Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Science and Technology. Report No: 99-415.

   Source: Committee

9. 5 December 1985

   Reported

   Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Science and Technology. Report No: 99-415.

   Source: Committee

10. 9 December 1985

    Vote

    Passed House (Amended) by Yea-Nay Vote: 386 - 0 (Record Vote No: 439).

    Source: Floor

11. 9 December 1985

    Vote

    Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House (Amended) by Yea-Nay Vote: 386 - 0 (Record Vote No: 439).

    Source: Floor

12. 9 December 1985

    Floor

    Called up by House Under Suspension of Rules.

    Source: Floor

13. 11 December 1985

    Introduced

    Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.

    Source: IntroReferral

14. 13 March 1986

    Reported

    Committee on Commerce. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

    Source: Committee

15. 20 March 1986

    Referred

    Ordered, that when reported, the bill be referred to the Committee on Judiciary for a period not to exceed 30 calendar days for the consideration of sections 4, 5, 6, and 7.

    Source: Floor

16. 21 April 1986

    Introduced

    Referred to the Committee on Judiciary pursuant to the order of March 20, 1986, for a period of not to exceed beyond 30 calendar days for the purpose of considering sections 4, 5, 6, and 7.

    Source: IntroReferral

17. 21 April 1986

    Reported

    Committee on Commerce. Reported to Senate by Senator Danforth with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 99-283.

    Source: Committee

18. 21 April 1986

    Reported

    Committee on Commerce. Reported to Senate by Senator Danforth with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 99-283.

    Source: Committee

19. 22 April 1986

    Referred

    Referred to Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks.

    Source: Committee

20. 21 May 1986

    Calendars

    Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 662.

    Source: Calendars

21. 21 May 1986

    Discharge

    Senate Committee on Judiciary discharged.

    Source: Discharge

22. 21 May 1986

    Committee

    Senate Committee on Judiciary discharged.

    Source: Committee

23. 9 August 1986

    Floor

    Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.

    Source: Floor

24. 9 August 1986

    Passed

    Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.

    Source: Floor

25. 13 August 1986

    Floor

    Message on House action received in Senate and held at desk: House requests a conference.

    Source: Floor

26. 13 August 1986

    ResolvingDifferences

    House Requested a Conference and Speaker Appointed Conferees: Fuqua, Walgren, Lundine, Lujan, Boehlert.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

27. 13 August 1986

    Passed

    House Disagreed to Senate Amendments by Unanimous Consent.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

28. 13 August 1986

    Passed

    Resolving differences -- House actions: House Disagreed to Senate Amendments by Unanimous Consent.

    Source: NotUsed

29. 1 October 1986

    Passed

    Senate agreed to request for conference. Appointed conferees. Danforth; Gorton; Pressler; Hollings; Riegle.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

30. 1 October 1986

    Passed

    Conference committee actions: Conferees agreed to file conference report.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

31. 1 October 1986

    Floor

    Senate insists on its amendments by Voice Vote.

    Source: Floor

32. 2 October 1986

    ResolvingDifferences

    Conference papers, Senate report and managers' statement held at the desk.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

33. 2 October 1986

    ResolvingDifferences

    Conference Report 99-953 Filed in House.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

34. 2 October 1986

    ResolvingDifferences

    Conference report filed: Conference Report 99-953 Filed in House.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

35. 3 October 1986

    Passed

    Senate agreed to conference report by Voice Vote.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

36. 3 October 1986

    Passed

    Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to conference report by Voice Vote.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

37. 7 October 1986

    Passed

    House Agreed to Conference Report by Voice Vote.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

38. 7 October 1986

    Passed

    Conference report agreed to in House: House Agreed to Conference Report by Voice Vote.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

39. 8 October 1986

    Floor

    Presented to President.

    Source: Floor

40. 8 October 1986

    President

    Presented to President.

    Source: President

41. 8 October 1986

    Floor

    Measure Signed in Senate.

    Source: Floor

42. 20 October 1986

    Became law

    Became Public Law No: 99-502.

    Source: President

43. 20 October 1986

    Became law

    Signed by President.

    Source: BecameLaw

44. 20 October 1986

    President

    Signed by President.

    Source: President

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Documents

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• Public Law (PDF)

  Public Law · EN · 21 October 1986

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• Conference report filed in House

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• Passed Senate amended

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• Reported to Senate with amendment(s)

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• Passed House amended

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• Reported to House with amendment(s)

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• Introduced in House

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Sponsors

• Rep. Fuqua, Don [D-FL-2] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Michel, Robert H. [R-IL-18] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Lundine, Stanley N. [D-NY-34] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Walgren, Doug [D-PA-18] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Lujan, Manuel, Jr. [R-NM-1] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Boehlert, Sherwood [R-NY-24] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Brown, George E., Jr. [D-CA-42] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Mineta, Norman Y. [D-CA-15] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Ritter, Don [R-PA-15] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Valentine, Tim [D-NC-2] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Henry, Paul B. [R-MI-5] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Bruce, Terry L. [D-IL-19] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Cobey, William W. [R-NC-4] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Wirth, Timothy [D-CO] · D · Sponsor
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Related records

• related to → Federal Laboratory Technology Utilization Act of 1985
• related to → Federal Science and Technology Transfer Act of 1985
• amends ← To provide that in certain research and development arrangements, a Federal laboratory may consider reciprocity of treatment by foreign governments relating to such arrangements and licensing agreements.
• amends ← To make technical amendments.
• amends ← Of a technical and clarifying nature.
• amends ← To make changes regarding technology extension.
• amends ← To require agencies to make a separate determination of the mission or missions of each of their laboratories.
• amends ← To make changes regarding technology transfer.

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