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 PUBLIC LAW 108–153—DEC. 3, 2003

117 STAT. 1931

well as provide recommendations for preventing or addressing such issues. (b) CENTER FOR NANOMATERIALS MANUFACTURING.—The Program shall provide for the establishment, on a merit reviewed and competitive basis, of a center to— (1) encourage, conduct, coordinate, commission, collect, and disseminate research on new manufacturing technologies for materials, devices, and systems with new combinations of characteristics, such as, but not limited to, strength, toughness, density, conductivity, flame resistance, and membrane separation characteristics; and (2) develop mechanisms to transfer such manufacturing technologies to United States industries. (c) REPORTS.—The Council, through the Director of the National Nanotechnology Coordination Office, shall submit to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the House of Representatives Committee on Science— (1) within 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, a report identifying which agency shall be the lead agency and which other agencies, if any, will be responsible for establishing the Centers described in this section; and (2) within 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, a report describing how the Centers described in this section have been established. SEC. 10. DEFINITIONS.

Deadlines.

15 USC 7509.

In this Act: (1) ADVISORY PANEL.—The term ‘‘Advisory Panel’’ means the President’s National Nanotechnology Advisory Panel established or designated under section 4. (2) NANOTECHNOLOGY.—The term ‘‘nanotechnology’’ means the science and technology that will enable one to understand, measure, manipulate, and manufacture at the atomic, molecular, and supramolecular levels, aimed at creating materials, devices, and systems with fundamentally new molecular organization, properties, and functions. (3) PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘Program’’ means the National Nanotechnology Program established under section 2. (4) COUNCIL.—The term ‘‘Council’’ means the National Science and Technology Council or an appropriate subgroup designated by the Council under section 2(c). (5) ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY USER FACILITY.—The term ‘‘advanced technology user facility’’ means a nanotechnology research and development facility supported, in whole or in part, by Federal funds that is open to all United States researchers on a competitive, merit-reviewed basis.

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