Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 102 Part 3.djvu/640

 102 STAT. 2592

PUBLIC LAW 100-519—OCT. 24, 1988

ards or the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the amount of funds devoted to these efforts, and patent and licensing activities related to the National Bureau of Standards and the National Institute of Standards and Technol(^;y research results. The report shall describe the division of technology transfer activities between the Gaithersburg, Maryland, and Boulder, Colorado, sites of the National Institute of Standards and Technolc^y. The merits of establishing a technol<^y transfer oftice in Boulder or of giving the Boulder laboratories increased technology transfer responsibilities shall also be considered. 15 USC 272b.

SEC 111. ANNUAL BUDGET SUBMISSION.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology shall annually submit to the Congress, at the time of the release of the President's budget, a three year budget estimate for the Institute, including funding estimates for each major account and new initiative. 15 USC 272 note. SEC 112. INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS.

Gifts and property.

(a) PROGRAM.—The Secretary, acting through the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technol(^y and other appropriate officials, shall seek funding for and establish, within 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, a program to assist other countries in the development of their domestic standards which are compatible with stand£uxls in general use in the United States. After the program is established, it shall be funded through voluntary contributions from the private sector to fully reimburse the United States for expenses incurred during fiscal years 1989 and 1990. The program shall b^gin on a pilot basis focusing on one or two countries or groups of countries which are major United States trading partners and have expressed interest in such program. The Secretary shall ensure that contributions which are earmarked by country are spent to assist the development of standards by that country or group of countries. (b) LONG-TERM PLAN.—No later than June 30, 1989, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a loi^-term plan for assistance under this section for each nation or group of nations which annually has imports of at least $1,000,000,000 fh>m the United States (or has the potential for being a major importer from the United States) and which desires such assistance. The plan shall include a description of the resources needed to provide such assistance, the appropriate and likely sources of such funds, and the appropriate relationship between the program established under thiis section and private sector standards organizations. Special consideration is to be given to the feasibility of establishing a data base and other methods for making standards information developed in cooperation with one country available to other countries.

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