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15 U.S.C. § 278m — Repealed. Pub. L. 110–69, title III, § 3013(d), Aug. 9, 2007, 121 Stat. 599
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### Statutory Notes
Section, act Mar. 3, 1901, ch. 872, § 27, as added Pub. L. 100–418, title V, § 5121(d), Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1437, related to the establishment of a program for the evaluation of non-energy inventions.
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### Statutory Notes
Section, act Mar. 3, 1901, ch. 872, § 27, as added Pub. L. 100–418, title V, § 5121(d), Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1437, related to the establishment of a program for the evaluation of non-energy inventions.
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**(a) Establishment of National Institute of Standards and Technology** There is established within the Department of Commerce a science, engineering, technology, and measurement laboratory to be known as the National Institute of Standards and Technology (hereafter in this chapter referred to as the “Institute”).
**(b) Functions of Secretary and Institute** The Secretary of Commerce (hereafter in this chapter referred to as the “Secretary”) acting through the Director of the Institute (hereafter in this chapter referred to as the “Director”) is authorized to serve as the President’s principal adviser on standards policy pertaining to the Nation’s technological competitiveness and innovation ability and to take all actions necessary and appropriate to accomplish the purposes of this chapter, including the following functions of the Institute—
(1) to assist industry in the development of technology and procedures needed to improve quality, to modernize manufacturing processes, to ensure product reliability, manufacturability, functionality, and cost-effectiveness, and to facilitate the more rapid commercialization, especially by small- and medium-sized companies throughout the United States, of products based on new scientific discoveries in fields such as automation, electronics, advanced materials, biotechnology, and optical technologies;
(2) to develop, maintain, and retain custody of the national standards of measurement, and provide the means and methods for making measurements consistent with those standards;
(3) to facilitate standards-related information sharing and cooperation between Federal agencies and to coordinate the use by Federal agencies of private sector standards, emphasizing where possible the use of standards developed by private, consensus orga
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TITLE 15—COMMERCE AND TRADE
§ 278n–1
processes, and improving the productivity and profit-
ability of businesses;
‘‘(D) an assessment of the degree to which State
services make use of Federal programs, including the
Small Business Innovative Research program and the
programs of the Federal Laboratory Consortium, the
National Technical Information Service, the National
Science Foundation, the Office of Productivity, Tech-
nology, and Innovation, and the Small Business Ad-
ministration;
‘‘(E) a survey of what additional Federal informa-
tion and technical assistance the services could uti-
lize; and
‘‘(F) an assessment of how the services could be
more effective agents for the transfer of Federal sci-
entific and technical information, including the re-
sults and application of Federal and federally funded
research.
The Secretary shall submit to the Committee on
Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science,
and Transportation of the Senate, at the time of sub-
mission of the organization plan for the Institute under
section 5112(d)(1) [of Pub. L. 100–418, set out as a note
under section 272 of this title], the results of the study
and an initial implementation plan for the programs
under section 26 of the Act of March 3, 1901 [15 U.S.C.
278l], and under this section [enacting sections 278k to
278m of this title]. The implementation plan shall in-
clude methods of providing technical assistance to
States and criteria for awarding financial assistance
under this section. The Secretary may make use of con-
tractors and experts for any or all of the studies and
findings called for in this section.
‘‘(2)(A) The Institute shall enter into cooperative
agreements with State technology exte
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