§3711. National Technology Medal

(a) Establishment

There is hereby established a National Technology Medal, which shall be of such design and materials and bear such inscriptions as the President, on the basis of recommendations submitted by the Office of Science and Technology Policy, may prescribe.

(b) Award

The President shall periodically award the medal, on the basis of recommendations received from the Secretary or on the basis of such other information and evidence as he deems appropriate, to individuals or companies, which in his judgment are deserving of special recognition by reason of their outstanding contributions to the promotion of technology or technological manpower for the improvement of the economic, environmental, or social well-being of the United States.

(c) Presentation

The presentation of the award shall be made by the President with such ceremonies as he may deem proper.

( Pub. L. 96–480, §16, formerly §12, Oct. 21, 1980, 94 Stat. 2319 ; renumbered §16, Pub. L. 99–502, §2, Oct. 20, 1986, 100 Stat. 1785 ; renumbered §15, Pub. L. 99–502, §9(e)(1), Oct. 20, 1986, 100 Stat. 1797 ; renumbered §16, Pub. L. 100–418, title V, §5122(a)(1), Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1438 .)

National Technology Medal for Environmental Technology

Pub. L. 105–309, §10, Oct. 30, 1998, 112 Stat. 2939 , provided that: "In the administration of section 16 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3711), Environmental Technology shall be established as a separate nomination category with appropriate unique criteria for that category."

Section Referred to in Other Sections

This section is referred to in section 3713 of this title.