Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 114 Part 3.djvu/648

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114 STAT. 1746 PUBLIC LAW 106-404—NOV. 1, 2000 15 USC 3701a note. Deadline. Deadline. (6) in section ll(i) (15 U.S.C. 3710(i)), by striking "a gift under the section" and inserting "a gift under this section"; (7) in section 14 (15 U.S.C. 3710c)— (A) in subsection (a)(l)(A)(i), by inserting ", other than payments of patent costs as dehneated by a hcense or assignment agreement," after "or other payments"; (B) in subsection (a)(l)(A)(i), by inserting ", if the inventor's or coinventor's rights are assigned to the United States" after "inventor or coinventors"; (C) in subsection (a)(1)(B), by striking "succeeding fiscal year" and inserting "2 succeeding fiscal years"; (D) in subsection (a)(2), by striking "Government-operated laboratories of the"; and (E) in subsection (b)(2), by striking "inventon" and inserting "invention"; and (8) in section 22 (15 U.S.C. 3714), by striking "sections 11, 12, and 13" and inserting "sections 12, 13, and 14". SEC. 8. REVIEW OF COOPERATIVE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT PROCEDURES. (a) REVIEW. — ^Within 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, each Federal agency with a federally funded laboratory that has in effect on that date of the enactment one or more cooperative research and development agreements under section 12 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3710a) shall report to the Committee on National Security of the National Science and Technology Council and the Congress on the general policies and procedures used by that agency to gather and consider the views of other agencies on— (1) joint work statements under section 12(c)(5)(C) or (D) of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3710a(c)(5)(C) or (D)); or (2) in the case of laboratories described in section 12(d)(2)(A) of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3710a(d)(2)(A)), cooperative research and development agreements under such section 12, with respect to major proposed cooperative research and development agreements that involve critical national security technology or may have a significant impact on domestic or international competitiveness. (b) PROCEDURES. —^Within 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Committee on National Security of the National Science and Technology Council, in conjunction with relevant Federal agencies and national laboratories, shall— (1) determine the adequacy of existing procedures and methods for interagency coordination and awareness with respect to cooperative research and development agreements described in subsection (a); and (2) establish and distribute to appropriate Federal agencies— (A) specific criteria to indicate the necessity for gathering and considering the views of other agencies on joint work statements or cooperative research and development agreements as described in subsection (a); and (B) additional procedures, if any, for carrying out such gathering and considering of agency views with respect