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S. HRG. 98-729

SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION DEVELOPMENT ACT,
PUBLIC LAW 97-219

33-716 O

STANFORD

LIBRARIES

HEARING

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON
INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS
UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETY-EIGHTH CONGRESS

Printed for the use of the Committee on Small Business

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON 1984

COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS

LOWELL WEICKER, JR., Connecticut, Chairman

BOB PACKWOOD, Oregon
ORRIN G. HATCH, Utah

RUDY BOSCHWITZ, Minnesota
SLADE GORTON, Washington

DON NICKLES, Oklahoma

WARREN RUDMAN, New Hampshire
ALFONSE M. D'AMATO, New York
BOB KASTEN, Wisconsin

LARRY PRESSLER, South Dakota

DALE BUMPERS, Arkansas
SAM NUNN, Georgia

WALTER D. HUDDLESTON, Kentucky
JAMES R. SASSER, Tennessee

MAX BAUCUS, Montana

CARL LEVIN, Michigan

PAUL E. TSONGAS, Massachusetts
ALAN J. DIXON, Illinois

DAVID L. BOREN, Oklahoma

ROBERT J. DOTCHIN, Staff Director
JOHN MCNAMARA, Professional Staff Member
ALAN L. CHVOTKIN, Minority Chief Counsel

SUBCOMMITTEE ON INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY

WARREN RUDMAN, New Hampshire, Chairman
MAX BAUCUS, Montana

BOB PACKWOOD, Oregon

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CONTENTS

Statement of Senators:

Hatch, Hon. Orrin G., a U.S. Senator from the State of Utah.

Levin, Hon. Carl, a U.S. Senator from the State of Michigan..

Rudman, Hon. Warren, a U.S. Senator from the State of New Hampshire

and chairman of the Subcommittee on Innovation and Technology of

the Committee on Small Business......

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Tsongas, Hon. Paul, a U.S. Senator from the State of Massachusetts...........

Statement of:

Block, James A., president, Creare R&D, Inc...

Eskesen, Ann, president, Innovation Development Institute

Glass, Alexander J., president, KMS Fusion, Inc.

Kane, Dr. James S., Deputy Director, Office of Energy Research, Depart-

ment of Energy

Little, Roger G., president, Spire Corp.

Partridge, Dr. William S., Technical Research Associates, Inc.

Plunkett, Dr. Jerry D., director, Montana Energy Research and Develop-

ment Institute, Inc., accompanied by Dr. Robert Henderson, director,

South Carolina Research Authority

Raub, Dr. William F., Deputy Director for Extramural Research and

Training, National Institutes of Health...

Sanders, Hon. James C., Administrator, Small Business Administration,

accompanied by Donald R. Templeman, Associate Administrator, Office

of Innovation, Research and Technology; and Richard J. Shane, Direc-

tor, Office of Research Acquisition Policy..

Speser, Philip, J.D., Ph. D., executive director, National Institute for
Entrepreneurial Technology

Stewart, Milton D., president, Small Business High Technology Institute,

Washington, D.C., accompanied by Dr. Chris W. Busch, president, Spec-

tron Development Laboratories, Inc., Donald D. Myers, director, Center

for Technology Development, and Roger G. Little, president, Spire

Corp., Bedford, Mass

Young, Dr. Leo, Director, Research and Laboratory Management, Office

of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Department of Defense........

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March 1, 1984:

Morning session...

HEARING DATE

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