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 PUBLIC LAW 96-480—OCT. 21, 1980

94 STAT. 2313

compensated at the rate provided for level V of the Executive Schedule in section 5316 of title 5, United States Code. (c) DUTIES.—The Secretary, through the Director, on a continuing basis, shall— (1) determine the relationships of technological developments and international technology transfers to the output, employment, productivity, and world trade performance of United States and foreign industrial sectors; (2) determine the influence of economic, labor and other conditions, industrial structure and management, and government policies on technological developments in particular industrial sectors worldwide; (3) identify technological needs, problems, and opportunities within and across industrial sectors that, if addressed, could make a significant contribution to the economy of the United States; (4) assess whether the capital, technical and other resources being allocated to domestic industrial sectors which are likely to generate new technologies are adequate to meet private and social demands for goods and services and to promote productivity and economic growth; (5) propose and support studies and policy experiments, in cooperation with other Federal agencies, to determine the effectiveness of measures with the potential of advancing United States technological innovation; (6) provide that cooperative efforts to stimulate industrial innovation be undertaken between the Director and other officials in the Department of Commerce responsible for such areas as trade and economic assistance; (7) consider government measures with the potential of advancing United States technological innovation and exploiting innovations of foreign origin; and (8) publish the results of studies and policy experiments. (d) REPORT.—The Secretary shall prepare and submit to the Presi- Submittal to dent and Congress, within 3 years after the date of enactment of this President and Act, a report on the progress, findings, and conclusions of activities '^^s^^ conducted pursuant to sections 5, 6, 8, 11, 12, and 13 of this Act and recommendations for possible modifications thereof. SEC. 6. CENTERS FOR INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY.

(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall provide assistance for the establishment of Centers for Industrial Technology. Such Centers shall be affiliated with any university, or other nonprofit institution, or group thereof, that applies for and is awarded a grant or enters into a cooperative agreement under this section. The objective of the Centers is to enhance technological innovation through— (1) the participation of individuals from industry and universities in cooperative technological innovation activities; (2) the development of the generic research base, important for technological advance and innovative activity, in which individual firms have little incentive to invest, but which may have significant economic or strategic importance, such as manufac turing technology; (3) the education and training of individuals in the technological innovation process; (4) the improvement of mechanisms for the dissemination of scientific, engineering, and technical information among universities and industry;

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