15 USC Ch. 63: Front Matter
From Title 15-COMMERCE AND TRADECHAPTER 63-TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION
CHAPTER 63-TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION
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3701.
Findings.
3702.
Purpose.
3703.
Definitions.
3704.
Commerce and technological innovation.
(a)
Establishment.
(b)
Under Secretary and Assistant Secretary.
(c)
Duties.
(d)
Japanese technical literature.
(e)
Omitted.
(f)
Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Technology.
3704a.
Clearinghouse for State and Local Initiatives on Productivity, Technology, and Innovation.
(a)
Establishment.
(b)
Responsibilities.
(c)
Contracts.
3704b.
National Technical Information Service.
(a)
Powers.
(b)
Director of the Service.
(c)
Advisory Board.
(d)
Audits.
(e)
Functions.
(f)
Notification of Congress.
3704b–1.
Recovery of operating costs through fee collections.
3704b–2.
Transfer of Federal scientific and technical information.
(a)
Transfer.
(b)
Omitted.
3705.
Cooperative Research Centers.
(a)
Establishment.
(b)
Activities.
(c)
Requirements.
(d)
Planning grants.
(e)
Research and development utilization.
3706.
Grants and cooperative agreements.
(a)
In general.
(b)
Eligibility and procedure.
(c)
Terms and conditions.
3707.
National Science Foundation Cooperative Research Centers.
(a)
Establishment and provisions.
(b)
Planning grants.
(c)
Terms and conditions.
3708.
Administrative arrangements.
(a)
Coordination.
(b)
Cooperation.
(c)
Administrative authorization.
(d)
Cooperative efforts.
3709.
Repealed.
3710.
Utilization of Federal technology.
(a)
Policy.
(b)
Establishment of Research and Technology Applications Offices.
(c)
Functions of Research and Technology Applications Offices.
(d)
Dissemination of technical information.
(e)
Establishment of Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer.
(f)
Agency reports on utilization.
(g)
Functions of Secretary.
(h)
Duplication of reporting.
(i)
Research equipment.
3710a.
Cooperative research and development agreements.
(a)
General authority.
(b)
Enumerated authority.
(c)
Contract considerations.
(d)
Definitions.
(e)
Determination of laboratory missions.
(f)
Relationship to other laws.
(g)
Principles.
3710b.
Rewards for scientific, engineering, and technical personnel of Federal agencies.
3710c.
Distribution of royalties received by Federal agencies.
(a)
In general.
(b)
Certain assignments.
(c)
Reports.
3710d.
Employee activities.
(a)
In general.
(b)
"Special Government employees" defined.
(c)
Relationship to other laws.
3711.
National Technology Medal.
(a)
Establishment.
(b)
Award.
(c)
Presentation.
3711a.
Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award.
(a)
Establishment.
(b)
Making and presentation of award.
(c)
Categories in which award may be given.
(d)
Criteria for qualification.
(e)
Information and technology transfer program.
(f)
Funding.
(g)
Report.
3711b.
Conference on advanced automotive technologies.
3711c.
Advanced motor vehicle research award.
(a)
Establishment.
(b)
Making and presenting award.
(c)
Funding for award.
3712.
Personnel exchanges.
3713.
Authorization of appropriations.
3714.
Spending authority.
3715.
Use of partnership intermediaries.
(a)
Authority.
(b)
Omitted.
(c)
"Partnership intermediary" defined.
3716.
Critical industries.
(a)
Identification of industries and development of plan.
(b)
Initial report.
3717.
National Quality Council.
(a)
Establishment and functions.
(b)
Membership.
(c)
Terms.
(d)
Chairman and Vice Chairman.
(e)
Executive Director and employees.
(f)
Funding.
(g)
Contributions.
(h)
Annual report.
Chapter Referred to in Other Sections
This chapter is referred to in section 5203 of this title; title 7 section 7624; title 10 section 2902; title 22 section 2656d; title 23 sections 403, 502; title 29 section 3032; title 30 section 1805; title 33 section 2313; title 35 section 210; title 42 section 13541; title 43 section 390h–3; title 49 section 309.