15 U.S.C. § 7508 — Additional centers
submitted 23 years ago by Pub. L. 108-153 to r/title-15-COMMERCE-AND-TRADE · 237 words · no verdicts yet
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The Program* shall provide for the establishment, on a merit-reviewed and competitive basis, of an American Nanotechnology Preparedness Center which shall—
conduct, coordinate, collect, and disseminate studies on the societal, ethical, environmental, educational, legal, and workforce implications of nanotechnology; and
identify anticipated issues related to the responsible research, development, and application of nanotechnology, as well as provide recommendations for preventing or addressing such issues.
The Program shall provide for the establishment, on a merit reviewed and competitive basis, of a center to—
encourage, conduct, coordinate, commission, collect, and disseminate research on new manufacturing technologies for materials, devices, and systems with new combinations of characteristics, such as, but not limited to, strength, toughness, density, conductivity, flame resistance, and membrane separation characteristics; and
develop mechanisms to transfer such manufacturing technologies to United States industries.
The Council*, through the Director of the National Nanotechnology Coordination Office, shall submit to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the House of Representatives Committee on Science—
within 6 months after December 3, 2003, a report identifying which agency shall be the lead agency and which other agencies, if any, will be responsible for establishing the Centers described in this section; and
within 18 months after December 3, 2003, a report describing how the Centers described in this section have been established.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 108–153, § 9, Dec. 3, 2003, 117 Stat. 1930.)
- 2003Enacted · Pub. L. 108-153 · 117 Stat. 1930
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