Number: RL33527
Title: Technology Transfer: Use of Federally Funded Research and Development
Authors: Wendy H. Schacht, Resources, Science, and Industry Division 
Abstract: Enacted in the 110th Congress, P.L. 110-5 provided FY2007 appropriations of $104.6 million for MEP and $79 million for ATP. The President's FY2008 budget requested a significant decrease in support for manufacturing extension to $46.3 million and did not include funding for ATP. The initial appropriations bill that passed the House, H.R. 3093, would have provided $108.8 million for MEP and $93.1 million for ATP. The version of H.R. 3093 passed by the Senate would have funded MEP at $110 million and ATP at $100 million ($30.8 million of which was to be directed to programs in other federal agencies). The final FY2008 appropriations legislation, P.L. 110-161, provides MEP with $89.6 million and replaces ATP with the Technology Innovation Program (TIP) which is funded at $65.2 million (with an additional $5 million from FY2007 ATP unobligated balances). P.L. 110-69, the America COMPETES Act, authorizes funding for NIST programs through FY2010 and creates various new initiatives within the laboratory.
Pages: 20
Date: August 25, 2008