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 102 STAT. 1450

PUBLIC LAW 100-418—AUG. 23, 1988

are in effect immediately before the date of enactment of this section, and not suspended by the Secretary, the Director, the Institute or the courts, shall continue in full force and effect after the date of enactment of this section until modified or rescinded. "USER FEES

15 USC 278o.

15 USC 282a.

"SEC. 30. The Institute shall not implement a policy of charging fees with respect to the use of Institute research facilities by research associates in the absence of express statutory authority to charge such fees.". SEC. 5162. MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS TO THE STEVENSON-WYDLER ACT. (a) INVENTION MANAGEMENT SERVICES.—The first sentence of section 14(a)(4) of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980, as so redesignated by section 5122(a)(l) of this part (15 U.S.C. 3710c) is amended by striking out "shall" and inserting in lieu thereof "may", and by striking out "such invention performed at the request of the other agency or laboratory" and inserting in lieu thereof "any invention of the other agency. 0)) FEDERAL LABORATORY CoNSORTiliM.—Section ll(e)(7)(A) of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980, as so redesignated by section 5122(a)(l) of this part (15 U.S.C. 3710) is amended by striking out "0.005 percent of that portion of the research and development budget of each Federal agency that is to be utilized by" and inserting in lieu thereof "0.008 percent of the budget of each Federal agency from any Federal source, including related overhead, that is to be utilized by or on behalf of'. SEC. 5163. MISCELLANEOUS TECHNOLOGY AND COMMERCE PROVISIONS. (a) ASSESSMENT OF EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES.—The Board of

Assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology shall include, as part of its annual review, an assessment of emerging technologies which are expected to require research in metrology to keep the Institute abreast of its mission, including process and quality control, engineering databases, advanced materials, electronics and fiber optics, bioprocess engineering, and advanced computing concepts. Such review shall include estimates of the cost of the required effort, required staffing levels, appropriate interaction with industry, including technology transfer, and the period over which the research will be required. 15 USC 272 note. (b) SMALL BUSINESS PLAN.—The Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology shall prepare a plan detailing the manner in which the Institute will make small businesses more aware of the Institute's activities and research, and the manner in which the Institute will seek to increeise the application by small businesses of the Institute's research, particularly in manufacturing. The plan shall be submitted to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives not later than 12 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. (c) NATIONAL TECHNICAL INFORMATION SERVICE.—(1) Section 11 of

15 USC 3710.

the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980, as so redesignated by section 5122(a)(l) of this part, is amended by inserting at the end the following new subsection:

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