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1	2		119THCONGRESS
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3	4		STSESSION H. R. 788
4		-	AN ACT
	5	+	To provide for Department of Energy and Small Business Administration
	6	+	joint research and development activities, and for other purposes.
	7	+	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
	8	+	JANUARY28, 2025
	9	+	Mr. L
	10	+	ALOTA(for himself, Ms. MORRISON, and Mr. THANEDAR) introduced
	11	+	the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space,
	12	+	and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, for
	13	+	a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for
	14	+	consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
	15	+	mittee concerned
	16	+	A BILL
5	17		To provide for Department of Energy and Small Business
6	18		Administration joint research and development activities,
7	19		and for other purposes.
8	20		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
9		-	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,2 2
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11		-	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1
12		-	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘DOE and SBA Re-2
13		-	search Act’’. 3
14		-	SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND SMALL BUSINESS 4
15		-	ADMINISTRATION JOINT RESEARCH AND DE-5
16		-	VELOPMENT ACTIVITIES. 6
	21	+	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
	22	+	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
	23	+	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘DOE and SBA Re-4
	24	+	search Act’’. 5
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	28	+	SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND SMALL BUSINESS 1
	29	+	ADMINISTRATION JOINT RESEARCH AND DE-2
	30	+	VELOPMENT ACTIVITIES. 3
17	31		(a) I
18		-	NGENERAL.—The Secretary of Energy and the 7
19		-	Administrator of the Small Business Administration (in 8
20		-	this section referred to as the ‘‘covered officials’’) shall 9
21		-	enter into a memorandum of understanding or other ap-10
22		-	propriate agreement to carry out cross-cutting and col-11
23		-	laborative research and development activities focused on 12
24		-	the joint advancement of Department of Energy and 13
25		-	Small Business Administration mission requirements and 14
26		-	priorities. 15
	32	+	NGENERAL.—The Secretary of Energy and the 4
	33	+	Administrator of the Small Business Administration (in 5
	34	+	this section referred to as the ‘‘covered officials’’) shall 6
	35	+	enter into a memorandum of understanding or other ap-7
	36	+	propriate agreement to carry out cross-cutting and col-8
	37	+	laborative research and development activities focused on 9
	38	+	the joint advancement of Department of Energy and 10
	39	+	Small Business Administration mission requirements and 11
	40	+	priorities. 12
27	41		(b) M
28		-	EMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING OR AGREE-16
29		-	MENT.—The covered officials shall carry out and coordi-17
30		-	nate the activities described in subsection (a) by entering 18
31		-	into one or more memoranda of understanding or other 19
32		-	appropriate agreements, as jointly determined by the cov-20
33		-	ered officials. 21
	42	+	EMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING OR AGREE-13
	43	+	MENT.—The covered officials shall carry out and coordi-14
	44	+	nate the activities described in subsection (a) by entering 15
	45	+	into one or more memoranda of understanding or other 16
	46	+	appropriate agreements, as jointly determined by the cov-17
	47	+	ered officials. 18
34	48		(c) I
35		-	NCLUSION OFSMALLBUSINESSCONCERNS.—In 22
36		-	carrying out the activities described in subsection (a), the 23
37		-	covered officials shall ensure the inclusion of small busi-24
38		-	ness concerns (as defined under section 3 of the Small 25 3
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40		-	Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632)) in such activities, as appro-1
41		-	priate. 2
42		-	(d) O
43		-	THERREQUIREMENTS.—In carrying out the ac-3
44		-	tivities described in subsection (a), the covered officials 4
45		-	may—5
46		-	(1) carry out reimbursable agreements between 6
47		-	the Department of Energy, the Small Business Ad-7
48		-	ministration, and appropriate entities in order to 8
49		-	maximize the effectiveness of research and develop-9
50		-	ment activities carried out pursuant to a memo-10
51		-	randum or agreement described in subsection (b); 11
52		-	and 12
53		-	(2) collaborate with other Federal agencies as 13
54		-	appropriate to carry out such activities. 14
	49	+	NCLUSION OFSMALLBUSINESSCONCERNS.—In 19
	50	+	carrying out the activities described in subsection (a), the 20
	51	+	covered officials shall ensure the inclusion of small busi-21
	52	+	ness concerns (as defined under section 3 of the Small 22
	53	+	Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632)) in such activities, as appro-23
	54	+	priate. 24
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	58	+	(d) OTHERREQUIREMENTS.—In carrying out the ac-1
	59	+	tivities described in subsection (a), the covered officials 2
	60	+	may— 3
	61	+	(1) carry out reimbursable agreements between 4
	62	+	the Department of Energy, the Small Business Ad-5
	63	+	ministration, and appropriate entities in order to 6
	64	+	maximize the effectiveness of research and develop-7
	65	+	ment activities carried out pursuant to a memo-8
	66	+	randum or agreement described in subsection (b); 9
	67	+	and 10
	68	+	(2) collaborate with other Federal agencies as 11
	69	+	appropriate to carry out such activities. 12
55	70		(e) R
56		-	EPORT.—Not later than two years after the date 15
57		-	of the enactment of this Act, the covered officials shall 16
58		-	submit to Congress a report on activities carried out pur-17
59		-	suant to a memorandum or agreement described in sub-18
60		-	section (b) that includes the following: 19
61		-	(1) Coordination between the covered officials 20
62		-	involved in such activities. 21
63		-	(2) Potential opportunities to expand the tech-22
64		-	nical capabilities of the Department of Energy and 23
65		-	the Small Business Administration. 24
66		-	(3) Collaborative research achievements. 25 4
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68		-	(4) Areas of future mutually beneficial success. 1
69		-	(5) Continuation of coordination activities be-2
70		-	tween the Department of Energy and the Small 3
71		-	Business Administration. 4
	71	+	EPORT.—Not later than two years after the date 13
	72	+	of the enactment of this Act, the covered officials shall 14
	73	+	submit to Congress a report on activities carried out pur-15
	74	+	suant to a memorandum or agreement described in sub-16
	75	+	section (b) that includes the following: 17
	76	+	(1) Coordination between the covered officials 18
	77	+	involved in such activities. 19
	78	+	(2) Potential opportunities to expand the tech-20
	79	+	nical capabilities of the Department of Energy and 21
	80	+	the Small Business Administration. 22
	81	+	(3) Collaborative research achievements. 23
	82	+	(4) Areas of future mutually beneficial success. 24
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	86	+	(5) Continuation of coordination activities be-1
	87	+	tween the Department of Energy and the Small 2
	88	+	Business Administration. 3
72	89		(f) R
73		-	ESEARCHSECURITY.—The activities carried out 5
74		-	pursuant to a memorandum or agreement described in 6
75		-	subsection (b) shall be applied in a manner consistent with 7
76		-	subtitle D of title VI of the Research and Development, 8
77		-	Competition, and Innovation Act (Public Law 117–167; 9
78		-	42 U.S.C. 19231 et seq.). 10
79		-	SEC. 3. COMPLIANCE WITH CUTGO. 11
80		-	No additional amounts are authorized to be appro-12
81		-	priated to carry out this Act or the amendments made 13
82		-	by this Act. 14
83		-	Passed the House of Representatives February 25,
84		-	2025.
85		-	Attest:
86		-	Clerk. 119
87		-	TH
88		-	CONGRESS
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90		-	ST
91		-	S
92		-	ESSION
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94		-	H. R. 788
95		-	AN ACT
96		-
97		-	To provide for Department of Energy and Small
98		-	Business Administration joint research and de-
99		-	velopment activities, and for other purposes.
	90	+	ESEARCHSECURITY.—The activities carried out 4
	91	+	pursuant to a memorandum or agreement described in 5
	92	+	subsection (b) shall be applied in a manner consistent with 6
	93	+	subtitle D of title VI of the Research and Development, 7
	94	+	Competition, and Innovation Act (Public Law 117–167; 8
	95	+	42 U.S.C. 19231 et seq.). 9
	96	+	SEC. 3. COMPLIANCE WITH CUTGO. 10
	97	+	No additional amounts are authorized to be appro-11
	98	+	priated to carry out this Act or the amendments made 12
	99	+	by this Act. 13
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