To provide for Department of Energy and Small Business Administration joint research and development activities, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
Directs the Secretary of Energy and SBA Administrator to enter into memoranda of understanding for joint R&D activities that advance both agencies' missions while ensuring inclusion of small businesses.
Who Benefits and How
Small businesses gain access to DOE/SBA collaborative research opportunities. Both agencies benefit from coordinated research priorities.
Who Bears the Burden and How
DOE and SBA must coordinate and establish MOUs. Administrative burden of interagency collaboration.
Key Provisions
- Required MOU between DOE and SBA for joint R&D
- Must include small business concerns in activities
- Allows reimbursable agreements to maximize effectiveness
- May collaborate with other federal agencies
Evidence Chain:
This summary is derived from the structured analysis below. See "Detailed Analysis" for per-title beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.
Primary Purpose
Requires DOE and SBA to conduct joint R&D activities including small businesses
Policy Domains
Legislative Strategy
"Leverage interagency collaboration for small business research opportunities"
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_secretary"
- → Secretary of Energy
- "the_administrator"
- → Administrator of SBA
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