15 U.S.C. § 3710b — Rewards for scientific, engineering, and technical personnel of Federal agencies
submitted 40 years ago by Pub. L. 96-480 to r/title-15-COMMERCE-AND-TRADE · 129 words · no verdicts yet
Each Federal agency spending more than $50 million per year on research and development in Government-operated laboratories must create a cash-award program. The program rewards valuable inventions, innovations, software, scientific contributions, and activities that transfer technology within the United States.
The head of each Federal agency that is making expenditures at a rate of more than $50,000,000 per fiscal year for research and development in its Government-operated laboratories shall use the appropriate statutory authority to develop and implement a cash awards program to reward its scientific, engineering, and technical personnel for— (1) inventions, innovations, computer software, or other outstanding scientific or technological contributions of value to the United States due to commercial application or due to contributions to missions of the Federal agency or the Federal government, 1 or (2) exemplary activities that promote the domestic transfer of science and technology development within the Federal Government and result in utilization of such science and technology by American industry or business, universities, State or local governments, or other non-Federal parties.
The head of each Federal agency that is making expenditures at a rate of more than $50,000,000 per fiscal year for research and development in its Government-operated laboratories shall use the appropriate statutory authority to develop and implement a cash awards program to reward its scientific, engineering, and technical personnel for—
inventions, innovations, computer software, or other outstanding scientific or technological contributions of value to the United States due to commercial application or due to contributions to missions of the Federal agency or the Federal government,1 or
exemplary activities that promote the domestic transfer of science and technology development within the Federal Government and result in utilization of such science and technology by American industry or business, universities, State or local governments, or other non-Federal parties.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 96–480, § 13, as added and renumbered § 12, Pub. L. 99–502, §§ 6, 9(e)(1), Oct. 20, 1986, 100 Stat. 1792, 1797; renumbered § 13, Pub. L. 100–418, title V, § 5122(a)(1), Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1438; amended Pub. L. 100–519, title III, § 302, Oct. 24, 1988, 102 Stat. 2597.)
- 1986Enacted · Pub. L. 96-480 · 100 Stat. 1792, 1797
- 1988Amended · Pub. L. 100-418 · 102 Stat. 1438
- 1988Amended · Pub. L. 100-519 · 102 Stat. 2597
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 96-480 on 1986-10-20.
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