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 PUBLIC LAW 106-398—APPENDIX 114 STAT. 1654A-473 SEC. 3162. REPORT ON SMALL BUSINESS PARTICIPATION IN NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION ACTIVITIES. (a) REPORT REQUIRED. —Not later than February 15, 2001, the Administrator for Nuclear Security shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on small business participation in the activities of the National Nuclear Security Administration. (b) CONTENTS OF REPORT.— The report shall include the following: (1) A description of the scope and nature of the efforts of the National Nuclear Security Administration as of the date of the enactment of this Act to encourage or increase participation of small business concerns in procurements, collaborative research, technology licensing, and technology transfer activities carried out by the national security laboratories or nuclear weapons production facilities. (2) An assessment of the effectiveness of those efforts in securing products and services of value to those laboratories and facilities. (3) Recommendations on how to improve those efforts. (4) An identification of legislative changes required to implement those recommendations. SEC. 3163. STUDY AND REPORT RELATED TO IMPROVING MISSION EFFECTIVENESS, PARTNERSHIPS, APrt) TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER AT NATIONAL SECURITY LABORATORIES AND NUCLEAR WEAPONS PRODUCTION FACILITIES. (a) STUDY AND REPORT REQUIRED. — The Secretary of Energy shall direct the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board to study and to submit to the Secretary not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act a report regarding the following topics: (1) The advantages and disadvantages of providing the Administrator for Nuclear Security with authority, notwithstanding the limitations otherwise imposed by the Federal Acquisition Regulation, to enter into transactions with public agencies, private organizations, or individuals on terms the Administrator considers appropriate to the furtherance of basic, applied, and advanced research functions. The Advisory Board shall consider, in its assessment of this authority, the management history of the Department of Energy and the effect of this authority on the National Nuclear Security Administration's use of contractors to operate the national security laboratories. (2) The advantages and disadvantages of establishing and implementing policies and procedures to facilitate the transfer of scientific, technical, and professional personnel among national security laboratories and nuclear weapons production facilities. (3) The advantages and disadvantages of making changes in— (A) the indemnification requirements for patents or other intellectual property licensed from a national security laboratory or nuclear weapons production facility; (B) the royalty and fee schedules and types of compensation that may be used for patents or other intellectual property licensed to a small business concern from a national security laboratory or nuclear weapons production facility;

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