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H.R. 614: American Discoveries and American Jobs Commission Act of 2013
- Introduced:
- Feb 12, 2013 (113th Congress, 2013–2015)
- Sponsor:
- Rep. Chaka Fattah [D-PA2]
- Status:
- Referred to Committee
The bill’s title was written by the bill’s sponsor. H.R. stands for House of Representatives bill.
- Full Title
To establish the Commission on American Discoveries and American Jobs to study and recommend improvements to the Federal funding of research.
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- Text
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Last updated Feb 12, 2013.
9 pages
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Library of Congress Summary
The summary below was written by the Congressional Research Service, which is a nonpartisan division of the Library of Congress.
2/12/2013--Introduced.
American Discoveries and American Jobs Commission Act of 2013 - Establishes the Commission on American Discoveries and American Jobs to study:
(1) the state of technology transfer from federally funded research to the private sector;
(2) the possibilities for the federal government to collect royalties from early research that leads to the commercialization of a profitable product or technology;
(3) the potential adverse consequences of such royalties on technology transfer, commercialization, and economic growth; and
(4) the potential benefits of reinvesting revenues from federal royalties into science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education and seeding future federally funded research.
Requires submission to Congress of recommendations of specified regulatory and statutory changes.
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The bill contains the following citations to other parts of U.S. law:
Slip Laws
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- Public Law 111-5:
H.R. 1 (111th): American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
United States Code
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- Title 5: GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
- Part III: EMPLOYEES
- Subpart B: Employment and Retention
- Chapter 31: AUTHORITY FOR EMPLOYMENT
- Subchapter I: EMPLOYMENT AUTHORITIES
- Section 3109: Employment of experts and consultants; temporary or intermittent
- Subpart D: Pay and Allowances
- Chapter 53: PAY RATES AND SYSTEMS
- Subchapter II: EXECUTIVE SCHEDULE PAY RATES
- Section 5311: The Executive Schedule
- Subchapter III: GENERAL SCHEDULE PAY RATES
- Section 5332: The General Schedule
Other Citations
- 5 U.S.C. Chapter 57