H.R. 614: American Discoveries and American Jobs Commission Act of 2013
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H.R. 614: American Discoveries and American Jobs Commission Act of 2013
113th Congress · introduced 2013-02-12 · Science, Technology, Communications · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2013-02-12 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Fattah, Chaka [D-PA-2] · what a sponsor is
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- Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
American Discoveries and American Jobs Commission Act of 2013
Plain summary
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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Official text
American Discoveries and American Jobs Commission Act of 2013
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Sponsor: Rep. Fattah, Chaka [D-PA-2] · 0 cosponsors
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-113hr614.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/113/hr>
Record fed-us-cong113-hr614 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113