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IIB 110th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1868 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 7, 2007 Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation AN ACT To authorize appropriations for the National Institute of Standards and Technology for fiscal years 2008, 2009, and 2010, and for other purposes.
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Short title; table of contents
(a)
Short title
This Act may be cited as the Technology Innovation and Manufacturing Stimulation Act of 2007. (b)
Table of contents
The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Title I—Authorization of Appropriations Sec. 101. Scientific and technical research and services. Sec. 102. Industrial technology services. Title II—Innovation and Technology Policy Reforms Sec. 201. Institute-wide planning report. Sec. 202. Report by Visiting Committee. Sec. 203. Manufacturing extension partnership. Sec. 204. Technology Innovation Program. Sec. 205. Research fellowships. Sec. 206. Collaborative manufacturing research pilot grants. Sec. 207. Manufacturing fellowship program. Sec. 208. Meetings of Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology. Sec. 209. Manufacturing research database. Title III—Miscellaneous Sec. 301. Post-doctoral fellows. Sec. 302. Financial agreements clarification. Sec. 303. Working capital fund transfers. Sec. 304. Retention of depreciation surcharge. Sec. 305. Non-Energy Inventions Program. Sec. 306. Redefinition of the metric system. Sec. 307. Repeal of redundant and obsolete authority. Sec. 308. Clarification of standard time and time zones. Sec. 309. Procurement of temporary and intermittent services. Sec. 310. Malcolm Baldrige awards.
<enum>I</enum><header>Authorization of Appropriations</header> <section id="H09A2C89CB1524FE2ADC95F636423D25B"><enum>101.</enum><header>Scientific and technical research and services</header> <subsection id="H43CAE4030E594939A32DC15E51DFBDD2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Laboratory Activities</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Commerce for the scientific and technical research and services laboratory activities of the National Institute of Standards and Technology—</text> <paragraph id="H51D96B62425A4326AD49FE3570ECFD95"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$470,879,000 for fiscal year 2008;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H6B455ED612954D31B971C1A5CC48F253"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$497,750,000 for fiscal year 2009; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H3A5825070E0A447B98AFF8834047BC71"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$537,569,000 for fiscal year 2010.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H6AFDE9BA7C0A4133A34D358C1E8B1481"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Program</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Commerce for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award program under section 17 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/3711a">15 U.S.C. 3711a</external-xref>)—</text> <paragraph id="HBA13BABA9F884373A3A46807A8A0C495"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$7,860,000 for fiscal year 2008;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HC8007668C0EE4E6A9679C021EFDA6E07"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$8,096,000 for fiscal year 2009; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H33FCAF9A204B4277A0E127B3BF208668"><enum>(3)</enum><text>$8,339,000 for fiscal year 2010.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H9D5AF185419646FE8407E82210BEADB7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Construction and Maintenance</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Commerce for construction and maintenance of facilities of the National Institute of Standards and Technology—</text> <paragraph id="HF0A659E193034572B9199269D173B497"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$93,865,000 for fiscal year 2008;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H5DE698A470E64ABBB8AB996B94013CD7"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$86,371,000 for fiscal year 2009; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H1C1DDAD68E7B49F59F39EE9209F3EF5"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$49,719,000 for fiscal year 2010.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H52D53418B204490A8274A6FC4CDD84F9"><enum>102.</enum><header>Industrial technology services</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Commerce for Industrial Technology Services activities of the National Institute of Standards and Technology—</text> <paragraph id="HB954203B2BE54816AC09B585F228E481"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$222,968,000 for fiscal year 2008, of which—</text> <subparagraph id="HD72956684E8F469AA3003935177F3981"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$110,000,000 shall be for the Technology Innovation Program under section 28 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/278n">15 U.S.C. 278n</external-xref>), of which at least $45,000,000 shall be for new awards; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB27B42201DA6461BB134D94FB500CF9"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$112,968,000 shall be for the Manufacturing Extension Partnership program under sections 25 and 26 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278k and 278l), of which not more than $1,000,000 shall be for the competitive grant program under section 25(f) of such Act;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE33A33491D0A4E00A811A940C72E5445"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$263,505,000 for fiscal year 2009, of which—</text> <subparagraph id="H3794D540478A4B03A7D8BCC051B179A6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$141,500,000 shall be for the Technology Innovation Program under section 28 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/278n">15 U.S.C. 278n</external-xref>), of which at least $45,000,000 shall be for new awards; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H299EB8F3832D44CDBFD0738EBA67B014"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$122,005,000 shall be for the Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program under sections 25 and 26 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278k and 278l), of which not more than $4,000,000 shall be for the competitive grant program under section 25(f) of such Act; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HACFD718A5E674A27BC45F1B7DA2774E2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>$282,266,000 for fiscal year 2010, of which—</text> <subparagraph id="H2FFDA40F142744E8B262A24E91BFC1A0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$150,500,000 shall be for the Technology Innovation Program under section 28 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/278n">15 U.S.C. 278n</external-xref>), of which at least $45,000,000 shall be for new awards; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0A33D814E1E946C4A21FD2A354E23065"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$131,766,000 shall be for the Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program under sections 25 and 26 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278k and 278l), of which not more than $4,000,000 shall be for the competitive grant program under section 25(f) of such Act.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></section> <enum>II</enum><header>Innovation and Technology Policy Reforms</header> <section id="H100F5EFA1AE341558DBF8124F00DC2"><enum>201.</enum><header>Institute-wide planning report</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 23 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/278i">15 U.S.C. 278i</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsections:</text> <quoted-block id="HC05027976D4D445E8BF08100DF4CDDB1" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HD01B4D2237024317A8EDA8655C873582"><enum>(c)</enum><text>Concurrent with the submission to Congress of the President’s annual budget request in the first year after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Technology Innovation and Manufacturing Stimulation Act of 2007</short-title>, the Director shall transmit to the Congress a 3-year programmatic planning document for the Institute, including programs under the Scientific and Technical Research and Services, Industrial Technology Services, and Construction of Research Facilities functions.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="HA6838ADB6EEF44229CE470A9EB66F014"><enum>(d)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Concurrent with the submission to the Congress of the President’s annual budget request in each year after the date of enactment of the Technology Innovation and Manufacturing Stimulation Act of 2007, the Director shall transmit to the Congress an update to the 3-year programmatic planning document transmitted under subsection (c), revised to cover the first 3 fiscal years after the date of that update.</text> </subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section> <section id="H284563D1548D4C3D9B3FB4248E94FEA"><enum>202.</enum><header>Report by Visiting Committee</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 10(h)(1) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/278">15 U.S.C. 278(h)(1)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H2F34C3771E8A4E30A3C4817B21580081"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>on or before January 31 in each year</quote> and inserting <quote>within 30 days after the submission to Congress of the President’s annual budget request in each year</quote>; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H6AB3108BAC1E4B7EA79003CB6C4045ED"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding to the end the following: <quote>Such report also shall comment on the programmatic planning document and updates thereto transmitted to the Congress by the Director under section 23(c) and (d).</quote>.</text> </paragraph></section> <section id="H855CC88497F544099925B01F28944BF2"><enum>203.</enum><header>Manufacturing extension partnership</header> <subsection id="H1D532AF2A927404F8CFFEA1545970008"><enum>(a)</enum><header>MEP advisory board</header><text>Section 25 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/278k">15 U.S.C. 278k</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text> <quoted-block id="H38030586708D4481B29DB0EC093F190" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H9CEE26D062A74B63BBABEF297E9D406"><enum>(e)</enum><header>MEP Advisory Board</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HE2389DD3459A44F5A7A12EDB78FACD55"><enum>(1)</enum><text>There is established within the Institute a Manufacturing Extension Partnership Advisory Board (in this Act referred to as the <quote>MEP Advisory Board</quote>). The MEP Advisory Board shall consist of 10 members broadly representative of stakeholders, to be appointed by the Director. At least 2 members shall be employed by or on an advisory board for the Centers, and at least 5 other members shall be from United States small businesses in the manufacturing sector. No member shall be an employee of the Federal Government.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H53A65B2130994AECAE41B38F0467931" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H7668FE09D6B04328ADB8CC92C5B3ADED"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Except as provided in subparagraph (B) or (C), the term of office of each member of the MEP Advisory Board shall be 3 years.</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H20A09EE2682C49D5A0E34C00E4C36ECD" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The original members of the MEP Advisory Board shall be appointed to 3 classes. One class of 3 members shall have an initial term of 1 year, one class of 3 members shall have an initial term of 2 years, and one class of 4 members shall have an initial term of 3 years.</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H03B1F8620F964B4F9D324171873122A2" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which his predecessor was appointed shall be appointed for the remainder of such term.</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2EF09F573ACD45BBAA712216D032C439" indent="up1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Any person who has completed two consecutive full terms of service on the MEP Advisory Board shall thereafter be ineligible for appointment during the one-year period following the expiration of the second such term.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3BD208777FB54320A8E4D2D03C591C3D" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The MEP Advisory Board shall meet no less than 2 times annually, and provide to the Director—</text> <subparagraph id="H410033D168E446BF8DAA09818254A07E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>advice on Manufacturing Extension Partnership programs, plans, and policies;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H680CC5145D394AC5A3B9BA003DEE4DDA"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assessments of the soundness of Manufacturing Extension Partnership plans and strategies; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5A75FD69EAE748E7AA9EBF5F1382FCB"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assessments of current performance against Manufacturing Extension Partnership program plans.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5F3E898984A7490F9F4625EE3BF039FD" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>In discharging its duties under this subsection, the MEP Advisory Board shall function solely in an advisory capacity, in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HE71D75D6D4D94281A724C9EC65CB6561" indent="up1"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The MEP Advisory Board shall transmit an annual report to the Secretary for transmittal to the Congress within 30 days after the submission to the Congress of the President’s annual budget request in each year. Such report shall address the status of the Manufacturing Extension Partnership program and comment on the relevant sections of the programmatic planning document and updates thereto transmitted to the Congress by the Director under section 23(c) and (d).</text> </paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection> <subsection id="H75D5ADEACA424011AFCD33B7F511814C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Acceptance of funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 25(d) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/278k">15 U.S.C. 278k(d)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1FCAB88E21E0401ABADD06D07000061" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HA1733CF03C3040ECA03C01FBDF9BF7C5"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Acceptance of funds</header><text>In addition to such sums as may be appropriated to the Secretary and Director to operate the Centers program, the Secretary and Director also may accept funds from other Federal departments and agencies and under section 2(c)(7) from the private sector for the purpose of strengthening United States manufacturing. Such funds, if allocated to a Center or Centers, shall not be considered in the calculation of the Federal share of capital and annual operating and maintenance costs under subsection (c).</text> </subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection> <subsection id="H5464DF9ED66D4586BEEE82E6A99CDB21"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Manufacturing Extension Center Competitive Grant Program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 25 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/278k">15 U.S.C. 278k</external-xref>), as amended by subsection (a) of this section, is further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H69511EB98BAC45FDB9EF98BDABBDF9AF" style="OLC"> <subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H76A335AB092A42C3896800C6DF369484"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Competitive Grant Program</header> <paragraph id="H5A6DD8F29B8F4FE0A3317342D1672654"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Director shall establish, within the Manufacturing Extension Partnership program under this section and section 26 of this Act, a program of competitive awards among participants described in paragraph (2) for the purposes described in paragraph (3).</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H31D98D237DD74D6C88775D94E5F51E00"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Participants</header><text>Participants receiving awards under this subsection shall be the Centers, or a consortium of such Centers.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HA0C8A11AFA5D4520B9482B549148E442"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The purpose of the program under this subsection is to develop projects to solve new or emerging manufacturing problems as determined by the Director, in consultation with the Director of the Manufacturing Extension Partnership program, the Manufacturing Extension Partnership Advisory Board, and small and medium-sized manufacturers. One or more themes for the competition may be identified, which may vary from year to year, depending on the needs of manufacturers and the success of previous competitions. These themes shall be related to projects associated with manufacturing extension activities, including supply chain integration and quality management, and including the transfer of technology based on the technological needs of manufacturers and available technologies from institutions of higher education, laboratories, and other technology producing entities, or extend beyond these traditional areas.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H96D3FF8EFF2C433290A553C7D9FDCA8B"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Applications</header><text>Applications for awards under this subsection shall be submitted in such manner, at such time, and containing such information as the Director shall require, in consultation with the Manufacturing Extension Partnership Advisory Board.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H56E2CD3F0DF34121B65D5900EC828EC2"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Selection</header><text>Awards under this subsection shall be peer reviewed and competitively awarded. The Director shall select proposals to receive awards—</text> <subparagraph id="HAA36519EF92A4463BEC5455500DD5025"><enum>(A)</enum><text>that utilize innovative or collaborative approaches to solving the problem described in the competition;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H45EDFE006B3D4E4EBD687782CE009799"><enum>(B)</enum><text>that will improve the competitiveness of industries in the region in which the Center or Centers are located; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HAB42E149E9994DF5B4B30027DF2D655C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>that will contribute to the long-term economic stability of that region.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HABB55CD0742E4A978431009D174B08C4"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Program contribution</header><text>Recipients of awards under this subsection shall not be required to provide a matching contribution.</text> </paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection></section> <section id="HB8EF7F434A664F629C016394E1CB008E"><enum>204.</enum><header>Technology Innovation Program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 28 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/278n">15 U.S.C. 278n</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8A534DAF3ACC49288B485F69B743B260" style="traditional"> <section id="H250823A6DB9E4AAEA2643F7B9C52AD01"><enum>28.</enum><header>Technology Innovation Program</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HE6D19B1149D74A159BA88567ECD6939C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is established in the Institute a Technology Innovation Program for the purpose of assisting United States businesses and institutions of higher education or other organizations, such as national laboratories and nonprofit research institutes, to accelerate the research and development and application of challenging, high-risk, high-reward technologies in areas of critical national need that promise widespread economic benefits for the Nation.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="H172991F087C34936847C72E2D6E9FB65"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Grants</header> <paragraph id="H37AC62FE76714615BDFBA33FABACFEA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director shall make grants under this section for research and development on high-risk, high-reward emerging and enabling technologies (including any technological application that uses biological systems, living organisms, or derivatives thereof, to make or modify products or processes for specific use) that address critical national needs and have a wide breadth of potential application, and form an important technical basis for future innovations. Such grants shall be made to—</text> <subparagraph id="H1990AE2E55984587BC53F5374ED1F4E"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">eligible companies that are small- or medium-sized businesses that are substantially involved in the research and development, including having a leadership role in programmatically steering the project and defining the research agenda; or</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7C7A61C1D63F40D8A69B56A0A4F7C330"><enum>(B)</enum><text>joint ventures.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H107D1C7354B7470ABA83B09090B9F8DF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Single company grants</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No grant made under paragraph (1)(A) shall exceed $3,000,000 over 3 years. The Federal share of a project funded by such a grant shall not be more than 50 percent of total project costs. An award under paragraph (1)(A) may be extended beyond 3 years only if the Director transmits to the Committee on Science and Technology of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a full and complete explanation of such award, including reasons for exceeding 3 years. Federal funds granted under paragraph (1)(A) may be used only for direct costs and not for indirect costs, profits, or management fees of a contractor.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H43F83E4F76BA43379439B5A023C42181"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Joint venture grants</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No grant made under paragraph (1)(B) shall exceed $9,000,000 over 5 years. The Federal share of a project funded by such a grant shall not be more than 50 percent of total project costs.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H2907EBB0437B4FE69E5D00C117BA8ED8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Award criteria</header><text>The Director shall award grants under this section only to an eligible company—</text> <paragraph id="H80477E76DE1740A182CE78EAADE34EAA"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">whose proposal has scientific and technological merit;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H6973A24549AF4520910592393EACCB92"><enum>(2)</enum><text>whose application establishes that the proposed technology has strong potential to generate substantial benefits to the Nation that extend significantly beyond the direct return to the applicant;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HB87227686C394F8C93A5EC9F377C0493"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">whose application establishes that the research has strong potential for advancing the state-of-the-art and contributing significantly to the United States scientific and technical knowledge base;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H238B200706424436801CB2B44DF118FA"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">whose application establishes that the research is aimed at overcoming a scientific or technological barrier;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H408B8E09E8394172B28BC53EEF076469"><enum>(5)</enum><text>who has provided a technical plan that clearly identifies the core innovation, the technical approach, major technical hurdles, and the attendant risks, and that clearly establishes the feasibility of the technology through adequately detailed plans linked to major technical barriers;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HB5D0F8FFED8C421BB2627608AC7B8B33"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">whose application establishes that the team proposed to carry out the work has a high level of scientific and technical expertise to conduct research and development, has a high level of commitment to the project, and has access to appropriate research facilities;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HE3366809CBB44B32B2E29B14064F7148"><enum>(7)</enum><text>whose proposal explains why Technology Innovation Program support is necessary;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HFC18ABAE3B7A40F680A9F483026FD3D"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">whose application includes a plan for advancing the technology into commercial use; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H3187218FB1664F6A9CEC8E30D3331428"><enum>(9)</enum><text>whose application assesses the project’s organizational structure and management plan.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H804E2A7B59804FF2897518B3D85B97C"><enum>(d)</enum><header>External Review of Proposals</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In order to analyze the need for or the value of any proposal made by a joint venture or company requesting the Director’s assistance under this section, or to monitor the progress of any project which receives funds under this section, the Director shall consult with industry or other expert sources that do not have a proprietary or financial interest in the proposal or project.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="H4D2C757296C4481B9863783713CF0029"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Intellectual Property Rights Ownership</header> <paragraph id="H8B8B2689C9104536B581315086057DFE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Title to any intellectual property developed by a joint venture from assistance provided under this section may vest in any participant in the joint venture, as agreed by the members of the joint venture, notwithstanding section 202(a) and (b) of title 35, United States Code. The United States may reserve a nonexclusive, nontransferable, irrevocable paid-up license, to have practiced for or on behalf of the United States in connection with any such intellectual property, but shall not in the exercise of such license publicly disclose proprietary information related to the license. Title to any such intellectual property shall not be transferred or passed, except to a participant in the joint venture, until the expiration of the first patent obtained in connection with such intellectual property.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H6D558300A60C4F21BDD52C00DBBD387D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Licensing</header><text>Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to prohibit the licensing to any company of intellectual property rights arising from assistance provided under this section.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H2E06973F271B4F5EA7CF7F63294943BD"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Definition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this subsection, the term <quote>intellectual property</quote> means an invention patentable under title 35, United States Code, or any patent on such an invention, or any work for which copyright protection is available under title 17, United States Code.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H310B46279C1F4DC1BFC67E9BAD9C924B"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Program Operation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 9 months after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Technology Innovation and Manufacturing Stimulation Act of 2007</short-title>, the Director shall issue regulations—</text> <paragraph id="H97975540BC8141E5A8B7472098A18D76"><enum>(1)</enum><text>establishing criteria for the selection of recipients of assistance under this section;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H9B03786512FB4F3CA1943B3B3C296E06"><enum>(2)</enum><text>establishing procedures regarding financial reporting and auditing to ensure that contracts and awards are used for the purposes specified in this section, are in accordance with sound accounting practices, and are not funding existing or planned research programs that would be conducted in the same time period in the absence of financial assistance under this section; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H8F4AB1F15BAD472490CEFC00748F007E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>providing for appropriate dissemination of Technology Innovation Program research results.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H587C9063C02B48E6B31EE33826C8BA2C"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Continuation of ATP grants</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director shall, through the Technology Innovation Program, continue to provide support originally awarded under the Advanced Technology Program, in accordance with the terms of the original award.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="H67F984E79E1C49A29DDF46C8F98597B0"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Coordination with other State and Federal Technology Programs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out this section, the Director shall, as appropriate, coordinate with other senior State and Federal officials to ensure cooperation and coordination in State and Federal technology programs and to avoid unnecessary duplication of efforts.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="H1CCEFE2D85AF4C648829F2B543161D28"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Acceptance of funds from other Federal agencies</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In addition to amounts appropriated to carry out this section, the Secretary and the Director may accept funds from other Federal agencies to support awards under the Technology Innovation Program. Any award under this section which is supported with funds from other Federal agencies shall be selected and carried out according to the provisions of this section.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="HFA976661FFC64E93976459B5BF195E3D"><enum>(j)</enum><header>TIP Advisory Board</header> <paragraph id="H36E8925A8BED47A0928E690010AC8795"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is established within the Institute a Technology Innovation Program Advisory Board. The TIP Advisory Board shall consist of 10 members appointed by the Director, at least 7 of which shall be from United States industry, chosen to reflect the wide diversity of technical disciplines and industrial sectors represented in Technology Innovation Program projects. No member shall be an employee of the Federal Government.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H844EE9D8902D4C60009E958165DD781"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Terms of office</header> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H1982BA43DCDD4D829C4521D212CA86B0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Except as provided in subparagraph (B) or (C), the term of office of each member of the TIP Advisory Board shall be 3 years.</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDA561D4F3A4B44AD9902C24C2CA62890" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The original members of the TIP Advisory Board shall be appointed to 3 classes. One class of 3 members shall have an initial term of 1 year, one class of 3 members shall have an initial term of 2 years, and one class of 4 members shall have an initial term of 3 years.</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9886BEAF429F4DDF9E998E008B21E3D" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which his predecessor was appointed shall be appointed for the remainder of such term.</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2716831572324E5592E7D1CE519BE58" indent="up1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Any person who has completed two consecutive full terms of service on the TIP Advisory Board shall thereafter be ineligible for appointment during the one-year period following the expiration of the second such term.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD651DD4046004545BFDE93C207861F82"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The TIP Advisory Board shall meet no less than 2 times annually, and provide to the Director—</text> <subparagraph id="H17F1950FFEBE41ECA23280D6E8FFE61F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>advice on programs, plans, and policies of the Technology Innovation Program;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5219935E94034EFF872023447B54F8B0"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">reviews of the Technology Innovation Program’s efforts to assess its economic impact;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE70CA50DE16E4D8393E6B098CCCD338"><enum>(C)</enum><text>reports on the general health of the program and its effectiveness in achieving its legislatively mandated mission;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H22ADA395AEA24DF5A0F214AED14CF3B7"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">guidance on areas of technology that are appropriate for Technology Innovation Program funding; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3EB6400987704A409029FB78883EF981"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">recommendations as to whether, in order to better assess whether specific innovations to be pursued are being adequately supported by the private sector, the Director could benefit from advice and information from additional industry and other expert sources without a proprietary or financial interest in proposals being evaluated.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB977592A33834040987C3D65F2CA00C5"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Advisory capacity</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In discharging its duties under this subsection, the TIP Advisory Board shall function solely in an advisory capacity, in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HDAFDB3696830445993A55CB916C8D7C3"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Annual report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The TIP Advisory Board shall transmit an annual report to the Secretary for transmittal to the Congress within 30 days after the submission to Congress of the President’s annual budget request in each year. Such report shall address the status of the Technology Innovation Program and comment on the relevant sections of the programmatic planning document and updates thereto transmitted to the Congress by the Director under section 23(c) and (d).</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H11A56AC64A8F43698C00EA3EF5294827"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>For purposes of this section—</text> <paragraph id="HB54F699F7CEA4E8196D062088F006991"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the term <quote>eligible company</quote> means a company that is incorporated in the United States and does a majority of its business in the United States, and that either—</text> <subparagraph id="H3AF8DB48034345B9BF18C25FC4170539"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is majority owned by citizens of the United States; or</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H99B243EDC2634533A32E97E7FBF742AD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is owned by a parent company incorporated in another country and the Director finds that—</text> <clause id="HE9F361416B3D41EDBDAD131B0916AC4B"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the company’s participation in the Technology Innovation Program would be in the economic interest of the United States, as evidenced by—</text> <subclause id="H5BDC6D105D054BA8A11336E3BD6BF0B1"><enum>(I)</enum><text>investments in the United States in research and manufacturing (including the manufacture of major components or subassemblies in the United States);</text> </subclause> <subclause id="H015C0CB4D0CF4FB59CB30033D5F085DD"><enum>(II)</enum><text>significant contributions to employment in the United States; and</text> </subclause> <subclause id="H01F811F4FB304B378BD868BD2FEB512D"><enum>(III)</enum><text>agreement with respect to any technology arising from assistance provided under this section to promote the manufacture within the United States of products resulting from that technology (taking into account the goals of promoting the competitiveness of United States industry); and</text> </subclause></clause> <clause id="H44BE70C6DD1F44BCA10002EF8D14E6F4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the company is incorporated in a country which—</text> <subclause id="H3F4F4875DEBF4C1ABA85F14FA29003B4"><enum>(I)</enum><text>affords to United States-owned companies opportunities, comparable to those afforded to any other company, to participate in any joint venture similar to those receiving funding under this section;</text> </subclause> <subclause id="H75559F3D81EC42ACB69D5BC32E00BFA9"><enum>(II)</enum><text>affords to United States-owned companies local investment opportunities comparable to those afforded any other company; and</text> </subclause> <subclause id="H4CC96A97E25F4FF9A49C998DAD72CCF2"><enum>(III)</enum><text>affords adequate and effective protection for the intellectual property rights of United States-owned companies;</text> </subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H475B849DA34E48DB91C15885E9AE1D3E"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <quote>high-risk, high-reward research</quote> means research that—</text> <subparagraph id="H6CD6963C4DD143D0B72B147B8FEC6FC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>has the potential for yielding results with far-ranging or wide-ranging implications;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HEACC365E280E41F9B73CF4007F456DBC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>addresses critical national needs related to technology and measurement standards; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC54BCC012C444C439DA076E72E8B38F4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>is too novel or spans too diverse a range of disciplines to fare well in the traditional peer review process.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H265CE5DF251A4E659DD1CC71F08ECA64"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the term <quote>institution of higher education</quote> has the meaning given that term in section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1001">20 U.S.C. 1001</external-xref>);</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H47C1B9F01A444CA799A28B3084B6BDAF"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <quote>joint venture</quote> means a joint venture that—</text> <subparagraph id="H448AE85D7E274051AA7161A352D7A600"><enum>(A)</enum><text>includes either—</text> <clause id="HF235BF792CFC4E089D646B83A6BB1DF"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">at least 2 separately owned for-profit companies that are both substantially involved in the project and both of which are contributing to the cost-sharing required under this section, with the lead entity of the joint venture being one of those companies that is a small or medium-sized business; or</text> </clause> <clause id="HA698D99F8D2C432BBC4CD12721A339E6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">at least one small or medium-sized business and one institution of higher education or other organization, such as a national laboratory or nonprofit research institute, that are both substantially involved in the project and both of which are contributing to the cost-sharing required under this section, with the lead entity of the joint venture being either that small or medium-sized business or that institution of higher education; and</text> </clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2CCC8FD865834A2691B536A1E32084C9"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may include additional for-profit companies, institutions of higher education, and other organizations, such as national laboratories and nonprofit research institutes, that may or may not contribute non-Federal funds to the project; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7ED2E7EEAA1D48D6B8F7E7009B2CBBDC"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the term <quote>TIP Advisory Board</quote> means the advisory board established under subsection (j).</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section> <section id="H4A45A8089241417285D854D52FF11DDF"><enum>205.</enum><header>Research fellowships</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 18 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278g–l) is amended by striking <quote>up to 1 per centum of the</quote> and inserting <quote>up to 1.5 percent of the</quote>.</text> </section> <section id="HE4B2D56843A34EFEBCB4D43EBE9410DA"><enum>206.</enum><header>Collaborative manufacturing research pilot grants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The National Institute of Standards and Technology Act is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H5842862728E04BAB858CEC002464E60"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating the first section 32 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/271">15 U.S.C. 271</external-xref> note) as section 34 and moving it to the end of the Act; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H5874F0EE0034440C980429121FF14815"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting before the section moved by paragraph (1) the following new section:</text> <quoted-block id="H4E695DB6AA7D45A994B33E97465B425" style="OLC"> <section id="HF530493306A3479E00DFE71560645793"><enum>33.</enum><header>Collaborative Manufacturing Research Pilot Grants</header> <subsection id="H2E1DDF1EB852444BB6BDED7F1B3B2F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authority</header> <paragraph id="HC9A2CF84B86643E09E8E6B59A1D6007C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Director shall establish a pilot program of awards to partnerships among participants described in paragraph (2) for the purposes described in paragraph (3). Awards shall be made on a peer-reviewed, competitive basis.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HC13F4495739842E192D06728C990C335"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Participants</header><text>Such partnerships shall include at least—</text> <subparagraph id="HC62D41750BD34CD896BAF572FCC9E271"><enum>(A)</enum><text>1 manufacturing industry partner; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6AD48ADB45BA45E9965D00633876D6ED"><enum>(B)</enum><text>1 nonindustry partner.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H07CE7AAC8DAC404D81EA72EBFE49033"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The purpose of the program under this section is to foster cost-shared collaborations among firms, educational institutions, research institutions, State agencies, and nonprofit organizations to encourage the development of innovative, multidisciplinary manufacturing technologies. Partnerships receiving awards under this section shall conduct applied research to develop new manufacturing processes, techniques, or materials that would contribute to improved performance, productivity, and competitiveness of United States manufacturing, and build lasting alliances among collaborators.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H0648733D87404205A2CC9F0909008783"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Program Contribution</header><text>Awards under this section shall provide for not more than one-third of the costs of a partnership. Not more than an additional one-third of such costs may be obtained directly or indirectly from other Federal sources.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="H52C735E52D9D482C84A446E31C06E1EE"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Applications</header><text>Applications for awards under this section shall be submitted in such manner, at such time, and containing such information as the Director shall require. Such applications shall describe at a minimum—</text> <paragraph id="HF3CD099C6EC94113B0F3AB4F1D67F0BD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>how each partner will participate in developing and carrying out the research agenda of the partnership;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HFB269800ECA641A19B3309872719F900"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the research that the grant would fund; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H44FCA7359ECE4748B12D00379C2C09F9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>how the research to be funded with the award would contribute to improved performance, productivity, and competitiveness of the United States manufacturing industry.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H61F6F39CDD134A9291CD0005CA015C1"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Selection Criteria</header><text>In selecting applications for awards under this section, the Director shall consider at a minimum—</text> <paragraph id="H66EA6E4064F24209963592864D2D5CF3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the degree to which projects will have a broad impact on manufacturing;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H48239D83287D45E2BA2776C9E981D1EB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the novelty and scientific and technical merit of the proposed projects; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HDA2C91F377AC48C3B5DFA53737E105DB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the demonstrated capabilities of the applicants to successfully carry out the proposed research.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H816C7663A3CB496391819E43084B5134"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Distribution</header><text>In selecting applications under this section the Director shall ensure, to the extent practicable, a distribution of overall awards among a variety of manufacturing industry sectors and a range of firm sizes.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="HB098E004CB8F4353AEC7C0604B72C080"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Duration</header><text>In carrying out this section, the Director shall run a single pilot competition to solicit and make awards. Each award shall be for a 3-year period.</text> </subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></section> <section id="H5FFA37F766594C77A9BFCB8046F4C351"><enum>207.</enum><header>Manufacturing fellowship program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 18 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/278g-1">15 U.S.C. 278g–1</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H13DEF1CAC21646F9A671C5198FE97B06"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>(a) <header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">In General</header-in-text>.—</quote> before <quote>The Director is authorized</quote>; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HB6AA90076D10400CB8D5E92FB4DF427D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H73084534739343DD8B4B81A903B2B1C0" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HBB3F24165F8B4235B7F7ADFD86226387"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Manufacturing Fellowship Program</header> <paragraph id="H8B5F00F0C0BD4C4D980021AEBBC6FFD7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>To promote the development of a robust research community working at the leading edge of manufacturing sciences, the Director shall establish a program to award—</text> <subparagraph id="H7FDBA31E8D2540F8A744B8895CDB1137"><enum>(A)</enum><text>postdoctoral research fellowships at the Institute for research activities related to manufacturing sciences; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8F08127C982340DA894D44CAAAF8DD7E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>senior research fellowships to established researchers in industry or at institutions of higher education who wish to pursue studies related to the manufacturing sciences at the Institute.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4F796C078F3743E7B580AFE68E67398E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Applications</header><text>To be eligible for an award under this subsection, an individual shall submit an application to the Director at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Director may require.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HB2AD81E45EAE45CCA9C100035BD2C07"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Stipend levels</header><text>Under this subsection, the Director shall provide stipends for postdoctoral research fellowships at a level consistent with the National Institute of Standards and Technology Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program, and senior research fellowships at levels consistent with support for a faculty member in a sabbatical position.</text> </paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></section> <section id="H35D551BFC4A64B3D8FD6C55755A6472E"><enum>208.</enum><header>Meetings of Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 10(d) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/278">15 U.S.C. 278(d)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>quarterly</quote> and inserting <quote>twice each year</quote>.</text> </section> <section id="HC75F0B298FE44E73BA00472275429101"><enum>209.</enum><header>Manufacturing research database</header> <subsection id="H512341FDD7AD4962BDC65068675CBD9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The National Institute of Standards and Technology shall provide for the establishment of a manufacturing research database to enable private sector individuals and Federal officials to access a broad range of information on manufacturing research carried out with funding support from the Federal Government.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="H8D62039B0F694363A4110048BFE115E6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The database established under subsection (a) shall contain—</text> <paragraph id="HDCC4F0E724754D709993E67E8E6B355F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>all publicly available information maintained by a Federal agency relating to manufacturing research projects funded in whole or in part by the Federal Government; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H8C6337DF0B934126B4EC42C56E6C93C3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>information about all Federal programs that may be of interest to manufacturers.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H4B64E2690AA64B0B833FE66E2CA3F700"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Accessibility</header><text>Information contained in the database shall be accessible in a manner to enable users of the database to easily retrieve information of specific interest to them.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="H48BC3B14909543EBAD80E55B17C63095"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Fees</header><text>The National Institute of Standards and Technology may authorize charging a nominal fee for using the database to access information described in subsection (b)(1) as necessary to recover the costs of maintaining the database.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="HAB69D3D22B774B98B5457CC3C67DA16"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the National Institute of Standards and Technology $2,000,000 for carrying out this section.</text> </subsection></section> <enum>III</enum><header>Miscellaneous</header> <section id="H449178CAFD5C44469E82C4CD2863388C"><enum>301.</enum><header>Post-doctoral fellows</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 19 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/278g-2">15 U.S.C. 278g–2</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>nor more than 60 new fellows</quote> and inserting <quote>nor more than 120 new fellows</quote>.</text> </section> <section id="HA8046D2EC2ED4C2291B15CB060F9F114"><enum>302.</enum><header>Financial agreements clarification</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2(b)(4) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/272">15 U.S.C. 272(b)(4)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>and grants and cooperative agreements,</quote> after <quote>arrangements,</quote>.</text> </section> <section id="HE48AFC2E3CCE4ADA963E48015BEC5619"><enum>303.</enum><header>Working capital fund transfers</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 12 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/278b">15 U.S.C. 278b</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC0829810910040BD92DCC6C3E110482C" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H71A6A69DB43942D994C981EA3EC2BCCE"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Amount and Source of Transfers</header><text>Not more than one-quarter of one percent of the amounts appropriated to the Institute for any fiscal year may be transferred to the fund, in addition to any other transfer authority. In addition, funds provided to the Institute from other Federal agencies for the purpose of production of Standard Reference Materials may be transferred to the fund.</text> </subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section> <section id="H26AB53E491ED4B54B827D34F40A99679"><enum>304.</enum><header>Retention of depreciation surcharge</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 14 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/278d">15 U.S.C. 278d</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H4E97FB73962D430CA38D085CDD780459"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>(a) <header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">In General.—</header-in-text></quote> before <quote>Within</quote>; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H8F7949621F1C4FA5A0D2E8017D3303F0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF376CE28C34645D88C1D66C7EFAC8591" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H9DC2B6897306405DB7777C5365EA3725"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Retention of fees</header><text>The Director is authorized to retain all building use and depreciation surcharge fees collected pursuant to OMB Circular A–25. Such fees shall be collected and credited to the Construction of Research Facilities Appropriation Account for use in maintenance and repair of the Institute’s existing facilities.</text> </subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></section> <section id="H0FF86F9186804D87899EF37E60DCA9C5"><enum>305.</enum><header>Non-Energy Inventions Program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 27 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/278m">15 U.S.C. 278m</external-xref>) is repealed.</text> </section> <section id="H2B397D3B5E044FF68FEA133F72F3E3DC"><enum>306.</enum><header>Redefinition of the metric system</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3570 of the Revised Statues of the United States (derived from section 2 of the Act of July 28, 1866, entitled <quote>An Act to authorize the Use of the Metric System of Weights and Measures</quote> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/205">15 U.S.C. 205</external-xref>; 14 Stat. 339)) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7D2E96B23CE6439D8DFD144EAF318CA6" style="OLC"> <section id="H39D974AD9E7D480E939100E2FE823F89"><enum>3570.</enum><header>Metric system defined</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The metric system of measurement shall be defined as the International System of Units as established in 1960, and subsequently maintained, by the General Conference of Weights and Measures, and as interpreted or modified for the United States by the Secretary of Commerce.</text> </section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section> <section id="H74A540323CCD4AD7B07D31F25080D835"><enum>307.</enum><header>Repeal of redundant and obsolete authority</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Act of July 21, 1950, entitled <quote>An Act To redefine the units and establish the standards of electrical and photometric measurements</quote> (15 U.S.C. 223 and 224) is repealed.</text> </section> <section id="H89FC20B518A046EAA1434D3FAC7723F8"><enum>308.</enum><header>Clarification of standard time and time zones</header> <subsection id="H2C4B92F356384D5DB694008BE5C6DB95"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1 of the Act of March 19, 1918, (commonly known as the <quote>Calder Act</quote>) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/261">15 U.S.C. 261</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HD9487D6AA28E4EFEA400B0FB00FD9943"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking the second sentence and the extra period after it and inserting <quote>Except as provided in section 3(a) of the Uniform Time Act of 1966 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/260a">15 U.S.C. 260a</external-xref>), the standard time of the first zone shall be Coordinated Universal Time retarded by 4 hours; that of the second zone retarded by 5 hours; that of the third zone retarded by 6 hours; that of the four zone retarded by 7 hours; that of the fifth zone retarded by 8 hours; that of the sixth zone retarded by 9 hours; that of the seventh zone retarded by 10 hours; that of the eighth zone retarded by 11 hours; and that of the ninth zone shall be Coordinated Universal Time advanced by 10 hours.</quote>; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HC4982BB5A9D447E8B863311F96DEB300"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following: <quote>In this section, the term <quote>Coordinated Universal Time</quote> means the time scale maintained through the General Conference of Weights and Measures and interpreted or modified for the United States by the Secretary of Commerce in coordination with the Secretary of the Navy.</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H3AD2CC4EF3AE4FE9A07968D466CD2200"><enum>(b)</enum><text>Section 3 of the Act of March 19, 1918, (commonly known as the <quote>Calder Act</quote>) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/264">15 U.S.C. 264</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>third zone</quote> and inserting <quote>fourth zone</quote>.</text> </subsection></section> <section id="HD6BEF75FC6FB4C8AAEC000196E4758F"><enum>309.</enum><header>Procurement of temporary and intermittent services</header> <subsection id="H9C7D02387F624FD882E62205003B7400"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology may procure the temporary or intermittent services of experts or consultants (or organizations thereof) in accordance with <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/3109">section 3109(b)</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code to assist on urgent or short-term research projects.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="H3423BDBEF2314BA3B961001D004F46F3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Extent of authority</header><text>A procurement under this section may not exceed 1 year in duration, and the Director shall procure no more than 200 experts and consultants per year.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="HC88CB83B7D324EE2B0FB09DA09F38D86"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Sunset</header><text>This section shall cease to be effective after September 30, 2010.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="H79547A0105614B07AC7E36B3EB4EC1AC"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report to congress</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall report to the Committee on Science and Technology of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate on whether additional safeguards would be needed with respect to the use of authorities granted under this section if such authorities were to be made permanent.</text> </subsection></section> <section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8F0DAF0169CB4614B5BCA5D255C0001" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>310.</enum><header>Malcolm Baldrige awards</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 17(c)(3) of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/3711a">15 U.S.C. 3711a(c)(3)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H65C7B7437EB14A26AF66003C78D47CA6" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H5EB81B671D7D41ECB06FF36511854E2E" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>In any year, not more than 18 awards may be made under this section to recipients who have not previously received an award under this section, and no award shall be made within any category described in paragraph (1) if there are no qualifying enterprises in that category.</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section> Passed the House of Representatives May 3, 2007. Lorraine C. Miller, Clerk.