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 102 STAT. 4074

PUBLIC LAW 100-680—NOV. 17, 1988 framework for the steel research and development initiative, and updates to that plan; and (4) the term "research plan" means the Steel Initiative Research Plan issued in April 1988 by the Department of Energy, and updates to that plan.

15 USC 5103.

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SEC. 4. ESTABLISHMENT OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM TO DEVELOP COMPETITIVE MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES AND INCREASE ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN THE STEEL AND ALUMINUM INDUSTRIES.

(a) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—The Secretary, pursuant to the authority provided under provisions of the Federal Nonnuclear Research and Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5901, et seq.), shall reestablish an industrial energy conservation and competitive technology program to conduct scientific research and development of steel and aluminum technologies to carry out the purposes of this Act. Such program shall provide the financial and technical assistance and other incentives which, in the judgment of the Secretary, are necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. (b) MANAGEMENT PLAN.—Within 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall publish an update of the management plan to expand the steel research and development initiative to include aluminum and to carry out the purposes of this Act. The Secretary, from time to time, may further update the management plan. The management plan shall be subject to the following conditions: (1) For newly initiated research and development proposals submitted under the revised management plan, the non-Federal financial share shall equal at least 30 percent of the total cost of any project. (2) Existing facilities, equipment, supplies, and other property may be included in the non-Federal share under this section only when they are directly relevant to the project. (3) The knowledge resulting from research and development activities conducted under this Act shall be developed for the benefit of the domestic companies who provide financial resources to the program. (4) The Secretary, for a period of up to 5 years after the development of information that— (A) results from research and development activities conducted under this Act; and (B) would be a trade secret or commercial or financial information that is privileged or confidential, as described in section 5(a), if the information had been obtained from a domestic company, may provide appropriate protections against the dissemination of such information, including exemption from subchapter II of chapter 5 of title 5, United States Code. (5) The plan shall assure basic research support, for the research carried out under the research plan, from independent laboratories, universities, and nonprofit organizations, by coordinating activities under the research plan with the basic research efforts of the Department of Energy, such as the Energy Conversion and Utilization Technologies Program and the Materials Processing and Sensor and Controls programs within the Office of Industrial Programs.

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