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 PUBLIC LAW 99-502—OCT. 20, 1986

100 STAT. 1791

(4) by striking out paragraph (4) and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "(3) receive requests for technical assistance from State and local governments, respond to such requests with published information available to the Service, and refer such requests to the Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer to the extent that such requests require a response involving more than the published information available to the Service;"; (5) by redesignating paragraphs (5) and (6) as paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; and (6) by striking out "(c)(4)" in paragraph (4) as so redesignated and inserting in lieu thereof "(c)(3)". (d) AGENCY REPORTING.—Section U(f) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 3710(e)) (as redesignated by section 3(1) of this Act) is amended— (1) by striking out "prepare biennially a report summarizing the activities" in the first sentence and inserting in lieu thereof "report annually to the Congress, as part of the agency's annual budget submission, on the activities"; and (2) by striking out the second sentence. SEC. 5. FUNCTIONS OF THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE.

Section 11 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (as amended by the preceding provisions of this Act) is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(g) FUNCTIONS OF THE SECRETARY.—(1) The Secretary, in consultation with other Federal agencies, may— "(A) make available to interested agencies the expertise of the Department of Commerce regarding the commercial potential of inventions and methods and options for commercialization which are available to the Federal laboratories, including research and development limited partnerships; "(B) develop and disseminate to appropriate agency and laboratory personnel model provisions for use on a voluntary basis in cooperative research and development arrangements; and "(C) furnish advice and assistance, upon request, to Federal agencies concerning their cooperative research and development programs and projects. "(2) Two years after the date of the enactment of this subsection and every two years thereafter, the Secretary shall submit a summary report to the President and the Congress on the use by the agencies and the Secretary of the authorities specified in this Act. Other Federal agencies shall cooperate in the report's preparation. "(3) Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of the Federal Technology Transfer Act of 1986, the Secretary shall submit to the President and the Congress a report regarding— "(A) any copyright provisions or other types of barriers which tend to restrict or limit the transfer of federally funded computer software to the private sector and to State and local governments, and agencies of such State and local governments; and "(B) the feasibility and cost of compiling and maintaining a current and comprehensive inventory of all federally funded training software.".

State and local governments.

Reports.

15 USC 3710.

Reports.

Reports.

Copyrights. State and local governments.

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