{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://lujan.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=25&itemid=4702", "Lujn Introduces Bill to Spur Partnerships Between Labs & Local Businesses", "2017-12-08", "2017", "2017-12", "Democrat", "House", "NM", "Ben Luj\u00e1n", "L000570", "lujan.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Bill Makes it More Affordable for NM Businesses to Partner with Labs\r\n\r\n\t[WASHINGTON, DC] \u2013 Today, Congressman Ben Ray Luj\u00e1n (D-NM) introduced legislation to help foster relationships between businesses and national laboratories that can help spur new economic growth and create new jobs.\u00a0 Luj\u00e1n\u2019s bill authorizes funding for Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADA) that foster partnership with businesses and startups to transfer commercially relevant technologies to the private sector.\r\n\r\n\t\u201cFor over a half a century, our national laboratories have served as the nation\u2019s leading research and development facilities, tasked with performing the R&D for national projects that cannot be undertaken by the private sector or in academic labs due to their scope, multidisciplinary nature, or infrastructure requirements,\u201d Congressman Luj\u00e1n said.\u00a0 \u201cTransferring the innovative technologies that are being developed at the national labs is a critical component to building a stronger economy in New Mexico and communities across the country.\u00a0 By making it more cost effective for businesses to partner with the labs, this legislation will pave the way for local businesses to commercialize new technologies and create new ventures that spur job creation.\u201d\r\n\r\n\tCRADAs are common mechanisms to support collaboration between a business and a national lab to bring technology from the lab to the marketplace.\u00a0 While it is permissible for the Department of Energy to use its funds to pay for the government\u2019s share of a CRADA, most CRADAs are funded entirely by private businesses.\u00a0 Given the large amount of risk in commercializing a new technology, paying for the government\u2019s share of the CRADA in addition to its own share is prohibitively expensive for most small businesses.\u00a0 This bill creates a fund to pay for the government\u2019s portion of the CRADA and authorizes $20 million a year for five years.\r\n\r\n\tLuj\u00e1n has long been one of the leading advocates for the national labs, working to expand their mission, and striving to ensure that the innovative work that occurs there is being fully utilized to grow the economy and support local businesses.\r\n\r\n\t\u201cThis legislation will take us a step closer to realizing the full benefit of our national laboratories by providing entrepreneurs and small businesses cooperative access to the labs\u2019 innovative science and research and development efforts,\u201d Luj\u00e1n added.\r\n\r\n\tThe bill is cosponsored by fellow New Mexico lawmaker Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham.\r\n\r\n\t\u00a0\r\n\r\n\t-30-", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://lujan.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=25&itemid=4702"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.6101421788334846, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}