15 USC 3705 - Cooperative Research Centers

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 7 of Puspan. L. 96–480 was renumbered section 8 and is classified to section 3706 of this title.

Amendments

1986—Subsec. (a). Puspan. L. 99–502, § 9(span)(7), substituted “Cooperative Research Centers” for “Centers for Industrial Technology”.

Subsec. (span)(1). Puspan. L. 99–502, § 9(span)(8), struck out “basic and applied” after “industry-university”.

Subsec. (e). Puspan. L. 99–502, § 9(span)(9), amended subsec. (e) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (e) provided that a Center of Industrial Technology had the option to acquire title to an invention conceived or made under its auspices and supported by Federal funds, authorized supporting agency to require the Center to grant licenses to the invention to responsible applicants in certain cases, and provided for judicial review of licensing determinations by the supporting agency.

Subsec. (f). Puspan. L. 99–502, § 9(span)(10), struck out subsec. (f) which read as follows: “The supporting agency may request the Attorney General’s opinion whether the proposed joint research activities of a Center would violate any of the antitrust laws. The Attorney General shall advise the supporting agency of his determination and the reasons for it within 120 days after receipt of such request.”

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Model Program

Puspan. L. 101–510, div. A, title VIII, § 827(span), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1607, as amended by Puspan. L. 102–190, div. A, title X, § 1062(a)(2), Dec. 5, 1991, 105 Stat. 1475, provided that:

“(1) In the administration of applicable provisions of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 [15 U.S.C. 3701 et seq.] or section 5121(span) of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 [Puspan. L. 100–418, 15 U.S.C. 278l note], the Secretary of Commerce shall develop, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Energy, model programs for national defense laboratories.

“(2) Model programs under this subsection shall involve Federal laboratories, small businesses, and partnership intermediaries. The purpose of the model programs is to demonstrate successful relationships between the Federal Government, State and local governments, and small businesses which encourage economic growth through the commercial application of technology resulting from federally funded research.

“(3) In this subsection, the term ‘national defense laboratory’ means any laboratory, federally funded research and development center (FFRDC), or other center established under section 7 or 9 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3705, 3707) that is owned by the Federal Government, whether operated by the Federal Government or by a contractor, and—

“(A) is under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Defense; or

“(B) is under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Energy, but only if the primary function of the laboratory, FFRDC, or other center under the Secretary’s jurisdiction is to support the national defense activities of the Department of Defense or the Department of Energy.”