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“it is rather clear that to some extent the fix is in here, and I am a little concerned about that because the bottom line is that we are going to do real damage if we allow this to go ahead in its present form. Mr. Chairman, the gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. Kanjorski] has told us that what he intends his new program to be, this new quango, he intends to be complementary to what is already in place. That is what this amendment does. This amendment says that it has to be complementary, that those agencies and departments, universities and so on who are working under the present technology transfer programs, whether it be the National Technology Center in West Virginia, whether it be the National Technology Information System, whatever it is, if they are working under those programs, they would be exempt from having to participate in this program. Mr. Chairman, it seems to me that at the very least, those people out there who think they have a program that is working and is transferring technology and is doing the right kind of job for the country ought to be able to go ahead and do all of that without being forced into the new regime that is anticipated by this amendment. Mr. Chairman, all my amendment does, it is a very simple kind of thing. It just says that they are going to be exempt from the requirements of the title if, in fact, they are already participating under that which we have in place and which is now working.”