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• Senate Bill 2805 to Permit any Person Otherwise Eligible to Become a Naturalized Citizen during Calendar Year 1977 to Become a Naturalized Citizen during Calendar Year 1976
• Senate Bill 1618 to Provide for the Establishment of an American Folklife Center in the Library of Congress, and for Other Purposes, the American Folklife Preservation Act
• Dole Cosponsors Senate Bill 1844 to Provide for the Establishment of an American Folklife Center in the Library of Congress, and for Other Purposes, the American Folklife Preservation Act
• Senate Bill 1844 to Provide for the Establishment of an American Folklife Center in the Library of Congress, and for Other Purposes, the American Folklife Preservation Act
• Detail Status Profile for Senate Bill 1844 to Provide for the Establishment of an American Folklife Center in the Library of Congress, and for Other Purposes
• H.R. 6219 Amendment by Senator Bob Dole to amend the Voting Rights Act of 1965
  An amendment proposed by Senator Bob Dole in July 1975 to H.R. 6219, to amend the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as well as the Congressional Record and Dole's remarks on the Senate floor about his proposed amendment.
• Letter to Senator Dole from Save Our Schools lobby about the Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987
• Dear Colleague Letter on the University and Small Business Patent Procedures Act
  Letter co-signed by Senators Birch Bayh, Bob Dole, Charles McC. Mathias, Jr., and Dennis DeConcini stating their plan and reasoning to introduce the University and Small Business Patent Procedures Act.
• Status Profile for S. 414, University and Small Business Patent Procedures Act
  Status from the House Office of the Clerk with the updated actions and current co-sponsors on the University and Small Business Patent Procedures Act (which would become the Bayh-Dole Act) as of December 13, 1979.
• Status Profile for S. 3496, Small Business Nonprofit Organization Patent Procedures Act
  Status from the House Office of the Clerk with the updated actions and current co-sponsors on the Small Business Nonprofit Organization Patent Procedures Act as of October 11, 1978. Clauses proposed in this would later become part of the Bayh-Dole Act.
• Article: Bayh-Dole +25
  Twenty-five year retrospective of the Bayh-Dole Act from the perspectives of Birch Bayh and Bob Dole in the April-May 2005 issue of TechComm.
• Congressional Record: Senator Bob Dole Presents Amendment to H.R. 6933
  Senator Bob Dole presents an amendment on the Senate floor to include the University and Small Business Patent Procedures Act in H.R. 6933.
• United States Code Annotated: Title 35 Patents
  Official revision and codification of laws relating to patents under arrangement of official code of the laws of the United States with annotations from Federal and State Courts.
• Congressional Record: Senator Birch Bayh Introduces S.4396, Small Business Nonprofit Organization Patent Procedures Act
  Senator Birch Bayh's introduction of Senate Bill 3496, the Small Business Nonprofit Organization Patent Procedures Act on the Senate floor. It is a bill to amend title 35 of the United States Senate code to establish a uniform federal patent procedure for small businesses and nonprofit organizations, to create a consistent policy and procedure concerning patentability of inventions made with Federal assistance, and for other related purposes. This bill would later become the University and Small Business Patent Procedures Act, which would become known as the Bayh-Dole Act.
• Congressional Quarterly: Patent Law Amendments
• National Patterns of R&D Resources: 1994
  Table with statistics on the national expenditure for research and development (R&D), by performing sectors and sources of funds for the years 1953-1994.
• Message from Jack Crowley on Patent Legislation and Universities
  Contains articles on the Bayh-Dole Act and patent legislation relating to Universities.
• Handwritten Note on Commercialization of Technology
  A handwritten note in Senator Dole's legislative assistant Mark Scanlan's files listing recent updates and actions related to patent, technology transfer, and research and development policy.
• Message from Jack Crowley to Mark Wrighton on University Research and Patents
  Bayh-Dole is discussed in this message.
• Coalition to Promote Technology Transfer
• Bob Dole: A Vision for the Information Age
  List of legislation regarding technology and telecommunication that Senator Dole was involved with, ranging from 1971-1995.
• Letter to Michael Pettit from Allan Goldstein on the Bayh-Dole Act
  Fifteen year retrospective on the Bayh-Dole Act.
• New York Times Articles on the University and Small Business Patent Procedures Act
• Implementation of the Bayh-Dole Act, 96-517 at the University of Kansas
• Global Competitiveness and the U.S. Pharmaceutical Industry
  Mentions the Bayh-Dole Act and HR 1443 (Federal Research Commercialization Act).
• Differences Between House and Senate Version of Technology Transfer Bills
  List of categories of major and minor differences between the House and Senate version of the Technology Transfer bills. Additionally, contains a handwritten note about the Office of Management and Budget's objections to the bill and the Department of Defense's objections to the bill.
• Memorandum of Call from Cassie Phillips for Steve Coen about the Federal Technology Transfer Bill
  A memorandum of call from Cassie Phillips to Dole legislative assistant Steve Coen regarding the Federal Technology Transfer bill and a note about what Senator Domenici doesn't like about the bill.
• Memorandum of Call from Cassie Phillips regarding S. 65 - Federal Laboratory Technology Utilization Act of 1985
  A memorandum of call from Cassie Phillips to Dole legislative assistant Steve Coen regarding S. 65, the Federal Laboratory Technology Utilization Act of 1985. The Federal Laboratory Technology Utilization Act's House companion bill, H.R. 695, was reintroduced as H.R. 3773, the Federal Technology Transfer Act of 1986.
• Note: Conference on Federal Technology Transfer
  Handwritten note on the House version of the Federal Technology Transfer Bill.
• Conference Report: Section 7 of Technology Transfer Bill, Distribution of Royalties Received by Federal Agencies
  Report from the congressional Conference on the Federal Technology Transfer bill with the conferees' recommendations on remedying differences between House and Senate bills.
• Draft of Technology Transfer Bill, Section 13: Rewards for Scientific, Engineering, and Technical Personnel of Federal Agencies
  This copy of part of the technology transfer bill House draft contains a handwritten internal note from a Dole staffer about the House bill being closer to the Senate position.
• Draft of H.R. 3773, to Amend the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980
  H.R. 3773 became the Federal Technology Transfer Act of 1986.
• Article: Transfers and Patents of Federally Funded Technology
  The article discusses changes in federal patent policy between 1980 and 1986 and how it impacts universities, big and small businesses, and federal laboratories.
• Back to Basics: Technology Transfer and Economic Growth
  This press release references Bayh-Dole 1980 legislation.
• Excerpt from the Congressional Record: Reading of and amendments to H.R. 3773, the Federal Technology Transfer Act, which amends the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980
• Letter to Senator Dole from the Chemical Manufacturers Association
  Letter to Senator Bob Dole from the William M. Stover, Vice President of the Chemical Manufacturers Association expressing reservations on Section 6 of H.R. 3773.
• Memo: Compromise on Dole Amendment to Federal Technology Transfer Bill
  Memo from legislative assistant Pete Velde to Senator Dole.
• Statement of Senator Bob Dole on the Federal Technology Transfer Act of 1986
• Memo from Steve Coen to Senator Dole on the Federal Technology Transfer Act of 1986
  Has a handwritten dash on the upper-righthand corner.
• Memo from Steve Coen to Senator Dole on the Federal Technology Transfer Act of 1986
• Senate Calendar of Business: Monday, June 23, 1986
• H.R. 3773: An Act to Amend the Stevenson-Wylder Technology Innovation Act of 1980
  Copy of H.R. 3773, An Act to amend the Stevenson-Wylder Technology Innovation Act of 1980 to promote technology transfer by authorizing Government-operated laboratories to enter into cooperative research agreements and by establishing a Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer within the National Science Foundation, and for other purposes. This became the Federal Technology Transfer Act of 1986.
• Excerpt from the Congressional Record: Dole Introduces S.64, Uniform Patent Procedures Act, and S.65, Federal Laboratory Technology Utilization Act
  Except from the Congressional Record in which Senator Bob Dole introduces S. 64, a bill to amend title 35 of the United States Code for the purpose of creating a uniform policy and procedure concerning patent rights in inventions developed with federal assistance, and for other purposes. Senator Dole also proposes S.65, a bill to improve the transfer of technology from government laboratories to the public.
• S. 65, Federal Laboratory Technology Utilization Act of 1985
• Federal Technology Transfer Act of 1986 PL 99-502
  Talking points or report for a presentation. This summarizes and succinctly explains the major points of the Federal Technology Transfer Act of 1986.
• Article: Why Subsidize Importers? Foreigners Use Our Universities to Bury Our Industry
  Appeared in The Washington Post. Discusses some of the problems that led to the passing of the Bayh-Dole Act.
• US GAO Report: Patent Policy
  United States General Accounting Office. Report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Committee on Energy and Commerce House of Representatives. Patent Policy. Department of Commerce Involvement in Department of Energy Activities.
• Memo from Bryan Culp to Senator Dole
• Review of the Bayh-Dole Act: Testimony by Senator Dole
  Review of the Bayh-Dole Act Testimony by Senator Dole to the United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights, and Trademarks. Dole discusses the successes of the Bayh-Dole Act, 14 years after it was signed.
• AAU Steering Committee on Technology Transfer and Intellectual Property: A Proposal
  Association of American Universities Steering Committee Proposal. Discusses the general research agreement situation between universities and industry and in response to recent government actions, calls for reviews, reports, recommendations going forward.
• Article: Technology Transfer Boom Offers Scientists Rewards - And Challenges
  Top article on the front page of The Scientist: the newspaper for the science professional.
• Federal Technology Transfer Act of 1986 Senate Report 99-283
  Directly cites the Bayh-Dole Act of 1984. This booklet has highlighted sections and handwritten notes.
• Excerpt from the Congressional Record: Senator Bayh Introduces S. 414 and Senator Dole's Statements
• S. 414, University and Small Business Patent Procedures Act
  A bill to amend title 35 of the United States Code to establish a uniform Federal patent procedure for small businesses and nonprofit organizations, to create a consistent policy and procedure concerning patentability of inventions made with Federal assistance, and for other related purposes.
• Excerpt from the Congressional Record: Senator Bob Dole Introduces S. 3496
  Senator Bob Dole's Introduction of Senate Bill 3496, A bill to amend title 35 of the United States Senate code to establish a uniform Federal patent procedure for small businesses and nonprofit organizations, to create a consistent policy and procedure concerning patentability of inventions made with Federal assistance, and for other related purposes.
• Congressional Record excerpt of Senator Dole's speech to Families of Prisoners of War
• Correspondence between Senator Bob Dole and Father of an MIA servicemember
  Correspondence between Senator Bob Dole and Father of an MIA (missing in action) servicemember
• Appeal for International Justice on May 1 Press Release
• Letter from a POW Sister to Senator Bob Dole Thanking Him for Speaking with the National League and for His Support
  A letter from the sister of a prisoner of war to Senator Bob Dole to thank him for speaking with the National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia.
• Briefing Materials-National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia
• Fact Sheet-National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia
• National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia-Suggestions for Events at Annual Meeting
• Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws for the National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia
• POW/MIA Action Report from Air Force Magazine
• National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia Newsletter
• National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia Literature
• Democratic Republic of North Vietnam Violations of 1949 Geneva Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War Flyer
• Joint Resolution (Accounting and Return of All American Prisoners in Southeast Asia)
• CBS Reports The POWs: Pawns of War Part I
• CBS Reports The POWs: Pawns of War Part II
• Remarks from National League of Families Executive Director Ann Mills Griffiths
• Report Concerning Misinformation on the Issue of American Prisoners of War and Missing in Action in Southeast Asia
• Viet-Nam Information Notes State Department Newsletter, Number 9
• Prisoners and Missing in Action Memo
• Statement of Senator Bob Dole on the Senate Floor, The Case Against the McGovern-Hatfield Amendment
• Appeal for International Justice Program
• Message from President Richard Nixon to Families of American POW/MIAs
• Senator Bob Dole's Appeal for International Justice Program
• Remarks of Senator Bob Dole at the Appeal for International Justice at Constitution Hall
• Sybil Stockdale's May 1 Tribute Speech
• Dear Colleague letter from Senator Bob Dole about a Joint Session of Congress to hear Colonel Frank Borman Report on his Recent Journey on Behalf of POW/MIAs in Southeast Asia
• Statement by Senator Bob Dole -- Kansas -- Before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on National Security Policy and Scientific Developments
• Vietnam: The Time is Now article by Senator George McGovern
• Viet-Nam Information Notes State Department Newsletter, Number 15
• Congressional Record excerpt of President Nixon's address to the National League of Families
• Remarks from the POW-MIA Tribute Rally/ Appeal for International Justice Event
• Congressional Record excerpt of an interview with Mrs. Iris Powers, National Coordinator of the National League of Families
• Correspondence: Letter to Senator Boren from the William R. Upthegrove on the Chapman food handling amendment to the ADA
  Letter to Senator David L. Boren from William R. Upthegrove, Chairman of the Oklahoma Governmental Activities Committee and the Committee of the Oklahoma Planning Council for Developmental Disabilities, stating his reasoning for disapproving of the Chapman amendment to the Americans with Disabilities Act.
• Fax: Message to Senator Dole's office from the Kansas Commission on Disability Concerns containing ADA updates
  Fax message to Senator Dole's office from the Kansas Commission on Disability Concerns. Attached are updates to the "killer amendments" to the Americans with Disabilities Act.
• Fax: Message to Senator Dole's office from the Kansas Commission on Disability Concerns containing updates on "killer amendments" to the ADA.
  Message to Senator Dole's office from the Kansas Commission on Disability Concerns. Attached are updates to the "killer amendments" to the Americans with Disabilities Act.
• Fax: Message to Maureen West from Jane West on the ADA Commission
  Fax message to Maureen West from Jane West regarding the ADA Commission proposal. Contains a membership list of the National Commission on the Americans with Disabilities Act, the last two pages of the Commission's proposal, and a draft letter to Dr. James Billington, Librarian of Congress, recognizing Nancy Lee Jones of the American Law Division of the Congressional Research Service.
• Statement on the Final Passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act by Senator Bob Dole
  Statement by Senator Bob Dole in support of the final passage of the Conference Report on the Americans with Disabilities Act. He references Nelson Mandela's fight for equal rights in South Africa and quotes Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr.
• Whip notice containing the Senate schedule for July 9-11, 1990
  Whip notice containing the Senate schedule for July 9-11, 1990, which includes S. 2104, a bill to amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and possibly consideration for the Conference report on the Americans with Disabilities Act.
• Correspondence: Letter to Senator Dole from Robert A. Gifford on the Chapman food handlers amendment to the ADA
  Letter to Senator Dole's office from Robert A. Gifford, a legislative representative for the National Restaurant Association, following up on a meeting between himself and Senator Dole about the Chapman food handling amendment to the Americans with Disabilities Act.
• Correspondence: Letter to Senator Dole from the Kansas Restaurant Association on the Chapman food handler amendment to the ADA
  Letter to Senator Dole from the Executive Vice President of the Kansas Restaurant Association, George Puckett, in support of the Chapman "Foodhandlers" amendment to the Americans with Disabilities Act.
• Correspondence: Letter to Senator Dole from James Canaday on Amtrak's accessibility
  Letter to Senator Dole from James Canaday containing a letter Canaday had sent to Amtrak's customer service. The letter to Amtrak concerns an incident a blind patron had on an Amtrak train.
• Correspondence: Letter from the National Federation of Independent Business to Senator Dole on the ADA
  Letter from the National Federation of Independent Business to Senator Bob Dole stating their disapproval of Congress exempting itself from provisions within the Americans with Disabilities Act.
• Memo: The Chapman amendment to the Americans with Disabilities Act
  Memorandum containing updates on the passage of a version of the Americans with Disabilities containing the Chapman food handling amendment passed by the House. Attached is a list of groups that support the Chapman amendment and a newspaper clippings.
• Correspondence: Dear Senator letter from the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities on the final passage of the ADA
  Dear Senator letter from the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities in urging Congress to vote in favor of the final passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Includes a list of more than 160 organizations in support of the ADA's passage.
• Correspondence: Dear Senator letter from the American Jewish Committee supporting the ADA
  Dear Senator letter from Sholom D. Comay, President of the American Jewish Committee, expressing their support for the Conference Report on the Americans with Disabilities Act.