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 PUBLIC LAW 102-486—OCT. 24, 1992 106 STAT. 3091 and the Environmental Restoration and Waste Management program, to carry out the purposes of this section. SEC. 2205. INTEGRATION OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. Within 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation with appropriate representatives of industry, institutions of higher education. Department of Energy national laboratories, £Uid professional and technical societies, shall prepare and submit to Congress a 5-year program plan for improving the integration of basic energy research programs with other energy programs within the Department of Energy. Such program plan shall include— (1) an evaluation of current procedures and mechanisms used to achieve such integration; (2) an assessment of the role that the Department of Energy national laboratories play in such integration; (3) an identification and evaluation of models that could enhance such integration; (4) an identification and evaluation of new programs, mechanisms, and related policy options that could improve the integrating process, including— (A) set aside funding for matching or leveraging basic and applied programs; (B) more formal linkages; and (C) program coordination; (5) recommendations for expanded research and development and new technology areas; and (6) budget estimates for activities under this section. SEC. 2206. DEFINITIONS. For purposes of this title— (1) the term "advanced manufacturing technology" means processes, equipment, techniques, practices, and capabilities that are applied for the purpose of— (A) improving the productivity, quality, or energy efficiency of the design, development, testing, or manufacture of a product; or (B) expanding the technical capability to design, develop, test, or manufacture a product that is fundamentally different in character from existing products and that will result in improved energy efficiency; (2) the term "advanced materials" means materials that are processed, synthesized, fabricated, and manufactured to develop high performance properties that exceed the corresponding properties of conventional materials for structural, electronic, magnetic, or photonic applications, or for joining, welding, bonding, or packaging components into complex assemblies, including— (A) advanced monolithic materials such as metals, ceramics, and polymers; (B) advanced composite materials such as metal matrix (including intermetallics), polymer matrix, ceramic matrix, continuous fiber ceramic composite, and carbon matrix composites; and (C) advanced electronic, magnetic, and photonic materials, including superconducting, semiconductor, electrooptic, magnetooptic, thin-film, and special purpose 42 USC 13505. 42 USC 13506.

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