Title III. providing tax incentives to promote innovation. comes within the Finance Committee jurisdiction. Title IV covers Department of Defense programs and would fall within the Armed Services Committee jurisdiction. Title V. which touches on immigration. patent reform. and possible barriers to innovation. would be within the Judiciary Committee purview. The issues of immigration. health care information technology. and patent reform are reflected in this bill as Sense of Congress provisions. because we recognize that the committees of jurisdiction are already working on and moving in these areas and we dont want to get in their way. However. the bill cites these moving issues to mark the importance of considering how legislation on these issues may affect our economys ability to remain competitive. The provision for an objective National Academy study on barriers to innovation would allow Congress to understand how legal and numerous other structural aspects of the U.S. economy may affect our ability to be innovative.
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