1F?' MELVIN PRICE.. ILUNOIS, CHAIRMAN EM!RITUS WILLIAM L DICKINSON, ALABAMA CHARLES E. BENNETT, FLORIDA G. WILLIAM WHITEHURST, VIRGINIA SAMUEL S;' STRATTON, NEW VORK FLOYD SPENCE, SOUTH CAROLINA BILL NICHOLS. ALABAMA MARJORIE S. HOLT. MARYLAND DAN DANIEL, VIRGINIA ELWOOD H. (BUOl HILLIS. INDIANA G.V. (SONNY) MONTGOMERY, MISSISSIPPI ROBERT E. BAOHAM, CALIFORNIA RONALD V. DELlUMS, CALIFORNIA BOB STUMP. ARIZONA PATRICIA SCHROEDER, COLORADO OU~t l\tprt~tntattbt~ JIM COURTER, NEW JERSEY BEVERLY B. BYRON, MARYLAND w.s,.• of LARRY J. HOPKINS, KENTUCKY NICHOLAS MAVROULES, MASSACHUSETTS ROBERT W. DAVIS. MICHIGAN EARL HUTTO, FlORIDA COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES KEN KRAMER, COLORADO IKE SKELTON, MISSOURI DUNCAN L HUNTER, CAUFORNlA MARVIN LEATH, TEXAS THOMAS F. HARTNffi. SOUTH CAROLINA DAVE MCCURDY, OKLAHOMA 1I1111bington. )gil: 20515 DAVID O'B. MARTIN, NEW YORK THOMAS M. FOGLlETTA. PENNSYLVANIA JOHN R. KASICH. OHIO ROY DYSON, MARYLAND NINETY-NINTH CONGRESS WILLIAM CARNEY. NEW YORK DENNIS M. HERTEL. MICHIGAN LYNN MARTIN. ILLINOIS MARILYN llOYD, TENNESSEE LES ASPIN. WISCONSIN. CHAIRMAN HERBERT H. BATEMAN, VIRGINIA NORMAN SISISKY, VIRGINIA MAC SWEENEY, TEXAS RICHARD RAY. GEORGIA BEN 8LAZ. GUAM JOHN M. SPRATT, JR., SOUTH CAROLINA FRANK McCLOSKEY, INDIANA SOLOMON P. ORTIZ, TEXAS GEORGE (BUDDY) DARDEN, GEORGIA September 22, 1986 G. KIM W1NCUP. STAFF DIRECTOR TOMMY F. ROBINSON, ARKANSAS ALBERT G. BUSTAMANTE, TEXAS Mr. Howard W. ~ Patent Counsel Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation P.O. Box 7365 Madison, WI 53707 Dear Mr. Bremer: This is to acknowledge your letter concerning section 3031 of H.R. 4428. The text you have is an early version of the section. The provision was amended during House consideration. I am enclosing a copy of the provision as it was passed by the House along with a statement submitted by Congressman Fuqua, the author of the amended version• It is the committee view that ...__• ,,__ nature of research and production activities of the nuclea ogram and the naval reactors program, which include a limited IT ont ctors. requires that special consideration be given to inventio ,coveri that arise during those contracts. Section 3031 was drafte' ss the unique nature of these programs. • LA:wrunt enclosure.