TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER.

SEC. 110. TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER.Within 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology shall report to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives on domestic technology transfer accomplishments, trends, and plans since 1986 at the National Bureau of Standards and the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Such report shall describe with examples the types of technology transfer undertaken by the National Bureau of Stand-102 STAT. 2592ards or the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the amount of funds devoted to these efforts, and patent and licensing activities related to the National Bureau of Standards and the National Institute of Standards and Technology research results. The report shall describe the division of technology transfer activities between the Gaithersburg, Maryland, and Boulder, Colorado, sites of the National Institute of Standards and Technology. The merits of establishing a technology transfer office in Boulder or of giving the Boulder laboratories increased technology transfer responsibilities shall also be considered.