2012 US Code
Title 15 - Commerce and Trade
Chapter 101 - NANOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (§§ 7501 - 7509)
Section 7509 - Definitions
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, 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 101 - NANOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT Sec. 7509 - Definitions |
Contains | section 7509 |
Date | 2012 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 15, 2013 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 108-153, §10, Dec. 3, 2003, 117 Stat. 1931. |
Statutes at Large Reference | 117 Stat. 1931 |
Public Law Reference | Public Law 108-153 |
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In this chapter:
(1) Advisory PanelThe term “Advisory Panel” means the President's National Nanotechnology Advisory Panel established or designated under section 7503 of this title.
(2) NanotechnologyThe 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) ProgramThe term “Program” means the National Nanotechnology Program established under section 7501 of this title.
(4) CouncilThe term “Council” means the National Science and Technology Council or an appropriate subgroup designated by the Council under section 7501(c) of this title.
(5) Advanced technology user facilityThe 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.
(6) Program component areaThe term “program component area” means a major subject area established under section 7501(c)(2) of this title under which is 1 grouped related individual projects and activities carried out under the Program.
(Pub. L. 108–153, §10, Dec. 3, 2003, 117 Stat. 1931.)
1 So in original. Probably should be “are”.
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