2010 US Code
Title 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 63 - TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION
Sec. 3704b-2 - Transfer of Federal scientific and technical information
View MetadataPublication Title | United States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 4, Title 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE CHAPTER 63 - TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION Sec. 3704b-2 - Transfer of Federal scientific and technical information |
Contains | section 3704b-2 |
Date | 2010 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 7, 2011 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 102-245, title I, §108, Feb. 14, 1992, 106 Stat. 13. |
Statutes at Large Reference | 106 Stat. 13 |
Public Law Reference | Public Law 102-245 |
§3704b–2. Transfer of Federal scientific and technical information (a) Transfer
The head of each Federal executive department or agency shall transfer in a timely manner to the National Technical Information Service unclassified scientific, technical, and engineering information which results from federally funded research and development activities for dissemination to the private sector, academia, State and local governments, and Federal agencies. Only information which would otherwise be available for public dissemination shall be transferred under this subsection. Such information shall include technical reports and information, computer software, application assessments generated pursuant to section 3710(c) of this title, and information regarding training technology and other federally owned or originated technologies. The Secretary shall issue regulations within one year after February 14, 1992, outlining procedures for the ongoing transfer of such information to the National Technical Information Service.
(b) Omitted(Pub. L. 102–245, title I, §108, Feb. 14, 1992, 106 Stat. 13.)
CodificationSubsec. (b) of this section, which required the Secretary, as part of the annual report required under section 3704b(f)(3) of this title, to report to Congress on the status of efforts under this section to ensure access to Federal scientific and technical information by the public, was omitted because of termination of the annual report. See Codification note set out after section 3704b of this title.
Section was enacted as part of the American Technology Preeminence Act of 1991, and not as part of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 which comprises this chapter.
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