§3712. Personnel exchanges

The Secretary and the National Science Foundation, jointly, shall establish a program to foster the exchange of scientific and technical personnel among academia, industry, and Federal laboratories. Such program shall include both (1) federally supported exchanges and (2) efforts to stimulate exchanges without Federal funding.

( Pub. L. 96–480, §20, formerly §13, Oct. 21, 1980, 94 Stat. 2320 ; renumbered §17, Pub. L. 99–502, §2, Oct. 20, 1986, 100 Stat. 1785 ; renumbered §16, Pub. L. 99–502, §9(e)(1), Oct. 20, 1986, 100 Stat. 1797 ; renumbered §17, Pub. L. 100–107, §3(a), Aug. 20, 1987, 101 Stat. 725 ; renumbered §18, Pub. L. 100–418, title V, §5122(a)(1), Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1438 ; renumbered §20, Pub. L. 102–240, title VI, §6019, Dec. 18, 1991, 105 Stat. 2183 .)

Section Referred to in Other Sections

This section is referred to in section 3708 of this title.