15 U.S.C. § 3711 — Untitled legal text

Page 2055 TITLE 15—COMMERCE AND TRADE § 3711a when the Government determines that it has or may have a need to practice the invention. (b) ‘‘Special Government employees’’ defined For purposes of this section, Federal employ- ees include ‘‘special Government employees’’ as defined in section 202 of title 18. (c) Relationship to other laws Nothing in this section is intended to limit or diminish existing authorities of any agency. (Pub. L. 96–480, § 15, as added and renumbered § 14, Pub. L. 99–502, §§ 8, 9(e)(1), Oct. 20, 1986, 100 Stat. 1794, 1797; renumbered § 15, Pub. L. 100–418, title V, § 5122(a)(1), Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1438; amended Pub. L. 104–113, § 6, Mar. 7, 1996, 110 Stat. 779.) Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 1996—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104–113 substituted ‘‘owner- ship of or the right of ownership to an invention made by a Federal employee’’ for ‘‘the right of ownership to an invention under this chapter’’ and inserted ‘‘obtain or’’ before ‘‘retain title to the invention’’. § 3711. National Technology and Innovation Medal (a) Establishment There is hereby established a National Tech- nology and Innovation Medal, which shall be of such design and materials and bear such inscrip- tions as the President, on the basis of rec- ommendations submitted by the Office of Science and Technology Policy, may prescribe. (b) Award The President shall periodically award the medal, on the basis of recommendations re- ceived from the Secretary or on the basis of such other information and evidence as he deems appropriate, to individuals or companies, which in his judgment are deserving of special recognition by reason of their outstanding con- tributions to the promotion of technology or technological manpower for the improvement of the economic, environmental, or social well- being of the United States. (c) Presentation The presentation of the award shall be made by the President with such ceremonies as he may deem proper. (Pub. L. 96–480, § 16, formerly § 12, Oct. 21, 1980, 94 Stat. 2319; renumbered § 16, Pub. L. 99–502, § 2, Oct. 20, 1986, 100 Stat. 1785; renumbered § 15, Pub. L. 99–502, § 9(e)(1), Oct. 20, 1986, 100 Stat. 1797; re- numbered § 16, Pub. L. 100–418, title V, § 5122(a)(1), Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1438; Pub. L. 110–69, title I, § 1003, Aug. 9, 2007, 121 Stat. 576.) Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 2007—Pub. L. 110–69, § 1003(1), which directed substi- tution of ‘‘National Technology and Innovation Medal’’ for ‘‘National Medal’’ in section catchline, was exe- cuted by making the substitution for ‘‘National Tech- nology Medal’’ to reflect the probable intent of Con- gress. Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 110–69, § 1003(2), substituted ‘‘Technology and Innovation Medal’’ for ‘‘Technology Medal’’. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY MEDAL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY Pub. L. 105–309, § 10, Oct. 30, 1998, 112 Stat. 2939, pro- vided that: ‘‘In the administration of section 16 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3711), Environmental Technology shall be es- tablished as a separate nomination category with ap- propriate unique criteria for that category.’’ § 3711a. Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award (a) Establishment There is hereby established the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, which shall be evidenced by a medal bearing the inscriptions ‘‘Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award’’ and ‘‘The Quest for Excellence’’. The medal shall be of such design and materials and bear such additional inscriptions as the Secretary may prescribe. (b) Making and presentation of award (1) The President (on the basis of recommenda- tions received from the Secretary), or the Sec- retary, shall periodically make the award to companies and other organizations which in the judgment of the President or the Secretary have substantially benefited the economic or social well-being of the United States through im- provements in the quality of their goods or serv- ices resulting from the effective practice of quality management, and which as a con- sequence are deserving of special recognition. (2) The presentation of the award shall be made by the President or the Secretary with such ceremonies as the President or the Sec- retary may deem proper. (3) An organization to which an award is made under this section, and which agrees to help other American organizations improve their quality management, may publicize its receipt of such award and use the award in its adver- tising, but it shall be ineligible to receive an- other such award in the same category for a pe- riod of 5 years. (c) Categories in which award may be given (1) Subject to paragraph (2), separate awards shall be made to qualifying organizations in each of the following categories— (A) Small businesses. (B) Companies or their subsidiaries. (C) Companies which primarily provide serv- ices. (D) Health care providers. (E) Education providers. (F) Nonprofit organizations. (G) Community. (2) The Secretary may at any time expand, subdivide, or otherwise modify the list of cat- egories within which awards may be made as initially in effect under paragraph (1), and may establish separate awards for other organiza- tions including units of government, upon a de- termination that the objectives of this section would be better served thereby; except that any such expansion, subdivision, modification, or es- tablishment shall not be effective unless and until the Secretary has submitted a detailed de-