FLC DC Update Gary K. Jones FLC DC Liaison 2015 FLC Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting Universities at Shady Grove Rockville, MD November 1, 2015.

FLC DC Update

Gary K. JonesFLC DC Liaison

2015 FLC Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting

Universities at Shady GroveRockville, MD

November 1, 2015

Congressional Actions

Administrative Actions

Miscellaneous FLC Actions

Overview

Title Number Date Status

Crowdsourcing and Citizen S 2113 9/30 Ref Sen CSTScience Act

Energy Policy Mod Act S 2012 7/22 Passed Sen ENR* Title IV (§ C) focuses on Innovation (COMPETES, Small Bus, and T2)

National Lab Technology S 1259 5/7 Ref Sen ENR (hearings held)Maturation Act

America COMPETES Act HR 1806 4/15 Passed House (partisan)

Micro-lab Technology S 784 3/18 Ref Sen ENR (hearings held)Commercialization Act

DOE Lab Modernization HR 1158 2/27 Passed HouseAnd Tech Transfer Act

Congressional Actions - I (114th Congress)

Title Number Date Status

Energy Policy Mod Act S 2012 7/22 Passed Sen ENR (amended)* Title IV (§ C) focuses on Innovation (COMPETES, Small Bus, and T2)

Can use T2 funds for early stage and pre-commercial tech demonstrationFacilitate access to labs for small businesses (website info)Establish ‘micro-labs’ near labs to facilitate greater collaboration

National Lab Technology S 1259 5/7 Ref Sen ENR (hearings held)Maturation Act

Small business (w/licensed tech) can apply for voucher to purchase assistance

Micro-lab Technology S 784 3/18 Ref Sen ENR (hearings held)Commercialization Act

Congressional Actions - Ia (114th Congress - Senate)

Title Number Date Status

America COMPETES Act HR 1806 4/15 Passed House (partisan)(“Scientific Research in the National Interest Act”, HR 3293 – stand alone)

“[this bill] prioritizes basic research and development while staying within the caps set by the Budget Control Act.” [Chair Lamar Smith (R-TX)]

“[this bill] abandons the legacy of COMPETES by flat-funding R&D investments.” [Ranking Member Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX)]

DOE Lab Modernization HR 1158 2/27 Passed House And Tech Transfer Act

Carry out the ACT pilot program (giving DOE contractors increased authority)Delegate to lab directors signature authority for agreements < $1 millionCan use T2 funds for early stage and pre-commercial tech demonstration

Congressional Actions - Ib (114th Congress - House)

Title Number Date Status

PATENT Act S 1137 4/29 Passed out of Senate Judiciary* Similar to the Innovation Act (House)

STRONG Patents Act S 632 3/3 Ref SBE (hearings held)* More targeted; endorsed by universities

Innovation Act HR 9 2/5 Ref House Judiciary* Strongly opposed by universities, small business, many others

All focus on patent reform (Patent Assertion Entities) in various details

Voting on the Innovation Act postponed in July until after the recess (much opposition)

Possible compromise bill in the fall

Congressional Actions - II (114th Congress)

Administration Actions

OSTP FY 2016 S&T Budget Documents

FY 2016 Budget proposes $146 billion for Federal R&D, an increase of $8 billion or 6 percent over the 2015 enacted*

Federal research portfolio—comprising basic and applied research—would total $67 billion, up $2 billion or 3 percent

DOE (OS) proposed $5.3 billion, NSF $7.7 billion, NIST $755 million – increasing funding for all combined by $0.7 billion (“America COMPETES”)

Increases: DOC (39%), DOT (24%), USDA (18%), DOI (9%), DOD/DOE/EPA (7%), VA (5%), NSF (5%)

Decreases: DHS (-45.1%)

Flat: HHS (2%), HHS (1%)

Status: House 5 of 12 Passed House(Sept) Senate: None passed Senate

Federal R&D Budget (FY 2016 Administration’s Proposed)

Source: OSTP 2016 S&T budget docs*All comparisons to 2015 enacted levels

Source: AAAS Approps Summary (Sept 8)

“A CR, omnibus — or even cromnibus — is not out of the ordinary. Though funding the government through appropriations bills is so-called regular order, the last time Congress actually passed all 12 spending bills on time was 1997.”

Roll Call onlineJuly 23, 2015

*Continuing Resolution now in effect through December 11, 2015*

*Potential budget and debt limit deal reached 10/27/15*

FY 2016 Budget (Continuing Resolution)

Memorandum to Agency and Department Heads (May 1)

“… your FY 2017 budget submission to OMB should reflect a 5 percent reduction below the net discretionary total provided for your agency for FY 2017 in the FY 2016 Budget (unless otherwise directed by OMB). This reduction applies equally to defense and non-defense programs; agencies that are split between the two may not reduce defense by more than 5 percent to offset non-defense or vice versa.”

The guidance also mentions support for Cross Agency Priority goals (which includes Lab-to-Market initiatives).

FY 2017 Budget Guidance (General Guidance)

Multi-Agency S&T Priorities for FY 2017 Budget (July 9)

“Commercialization of Federal R&D is therefore one of the core responsibilities of each R&D supporting agency. Agency budget proposals should prioritize and highlight contributions to the Lab-to-Market Cross-Agency Priority Goal, such as entrepreneurial personnel exchanges, commercialization training, and other programs that have the potential to accelerate and improve the transfer of new technologies from the laboratory to the marketplace.”

Multi-agency Priorities:

Global climate changeClean energyEarth observationsAdvanced manufacturingInnovation in the life sciences

National and homeland securityIT and high-perf computingOcean and arctic issuesR&D for informed policy-making

FY 2017 Budget Guidance (S&T Priorities)

NIH Reorganizes Office of Technology Transfer

“… to place the authority and responsibility for the implementation and execution of patenting and licensing throughout the NIH Institutes and Centers (ICs)…”

DOE Stands Up Office of Technology Transition

“[T]he office will work closely with the national laboratories and engage with industry to commercialize technology … The Office will serve as a DOE-wide functional unit that coordinates the commercial development of DOE’s research outputs and will be responsible for the statutorily-created Energy Technology Commercialization Fund (TCF).”

Miscellaneous Agency Actions

Miscellaneous FLC Actions

Congressional Outreach

Provided T2 materials to > 50 Senate and House office staff (highlighting T2 efforts in their state/district) -- Engaged Tech Transfer Caucus and others

Other Outreach

Engage multiple external groups to educate &/or promote the benefits of T2 and FLC member resources & capabilities:

MBDA (2x) NIH Res Festival Foreign S&T Delegations (via State Dept): WBT-OI (UAS) FAES (3x) (Oman, Indonesia, Australia)

Communications

Internal: DC Dispatch, DC on T2 column, Regional presentationsExternal: Ad hoc queries (Congress, associations, researchers, vendors, others)

FLC DC Office Outreach

MBDA Partnership (Minority Enterprise T2 Innovation Consortium)

Partners: MBDA (Business centers & minority-owned businesses)

NIST & NOAA (Funding and participate in partnering events)

FLC (Lab resources, promotion, partnering events)

Activities: Promote lab resources (via webinar, other)

Site visits - TBD

FLC Coordination and Collaboration (Ex: MBDA Partnership)

Gary JonesPhone: 240-444-1383

[email protected]

FLC Washington DC Liaison