Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 94 Part 1.djvu/726

 94 STAT. 676

Definitions. Ante, p.665.

42 USC 5908. Ante, p. 654.

PUBLIC LAW 96-294—JUNE 30, 1980 (e) Patents, technology, and proprietary rights vested in the Corporation as a result of defeult on a loan or loan guarantee agreement or vested in the Corporation pursuant to subsection (a) shall be transferred to the Secretary of Energy for administration under applicable law upon termination and liquidation of the Corporation. (f)(1) Any contract entered into by the Corporation pursuant to subtitle E shall be subject to subsections (a) through (m) of section 9 of the Federal Non-Nuclear Energy Research and Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5908 (a) through (m)). In applying such subsections to subtitle E— (A) the term "Administrator" in such subsections shall mean the Chairman of the Board of Directors; (B) the term "Administration" in such subsections shall mean the Corporation; (C) the term "United States" in such subsections shall mean the Corporation; (D) the term "Government" in subsections (a) and (d) of such sections shall include the Corporation for purposes of such subsection; and (E) the term "any Government agency" in subsection (h)(2) of such section shall mean the United States. (2) Section 9 of the Federal Non-Nuclear Energy Research and Development Act of 1974 shall not apply to finemcial assistance granted pursuant to subtitle D. (g) The United States Government shall have a royalty-free, nonexclusive license to any invention in which the Corporation owns title or reserves a license pursuant to subsection (a). The Corporation may assign title to any invention in which it has the title to the United States Government. SMALL AND DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS UTILIZATION

42 USC 8774.

SEC. 174. In providing financial assistance, the Corporation shall require the recipient thereof to provide for the fair and reasonable participation by small and disadvantaged businesses in the synthetic fuel project receiving financial assistance and the Corporation shall do so with respect to Corporation construction projects under

Ante, p. 665.

subtitle E. RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAWS

42 USC 8775.

SEC. 175. (a) No Federal law shall apply to the Corporation as if it were an agency or instrumentality of the United States, except as expressly provided in this part. (b) No action of the Corporation except the construction and operation of synthetic fuel projects pursuant to subtitle E shall be deemed to be a "major Federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human environment" for purposes of section 102(2)(C) 42 USC 4332. of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, and with respect to Corporation construction projects, the Corporation shall be deemed to be a Federal agency for the purposes of such Act. (c) The provisions of the Act entitled "An Act Relating to the rate of wages for laborers and mechanics employed on public buildings of the United States and the District of Columbia by contractors and subcontractors, and for other purposes", approved March 3, 1931 (40 U.S.C. 276a et seq.) and commonly known as the Davis-Bacon Act, and 41 USC 351 note, the provisions of the Service Contracts Act shall apply to the

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