William R. Richardson: “this bill will create more jobs, provide incentives for important scientific inventions, and make it easier to give or…”

“this bill will create more jobs, provide incentives for important scientific inventions, and make it easier to give or loan Federal equipment to our schools. THis measure makes economic and political sense. That is precisely the reasons why I support this legislation today, just as I did when it came to the House floor in December. H.R. 2196--the National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act of 1995--is an effective mechanism for stimulating greater commercialization of the research being done at the National Laboratories, such as the Los Alamos National Laboratory [LANL] located in my district. H.R. 2196 extends the Federal charter and set-aside for the Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer. This charter was created through the hard work of Dr. Eugene Stark of LANL. The set-aside has provided stable annual funding to the consortium which has permitted technology transfer officers of the various Laboratories to work together. THe Federal Laboratory Consortium members are linked together electronically which enables them to help businesses find out which other Federal Laboratories have expertise in specific areas.”