2013 US Code
Title 15 - Commerce and Trade
Chapter 101 - NANOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (§§ 7501 - 7509)
Section 7509 - Definitions

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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE
CategoryBills and Statutes
CollectionUnited States Code
SuDoc Class NumberY 1.2/5:
Contained WithinTitle 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 101 - NANOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
Sec. 7509 - Definitions
Containssection 7509
Date2013
Laws in Effect as of DateJanuary 16, 2014
Positive LawNo
Dispositionstandard
Source CreditPub. L. 108-153, §10, Dec. 3, 2003, 117 Stat. 1931.
Statutes at Large Reference117 Stat. 1931
Public Law ReferencePublic Law 108-153

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Definitions - 15 U.S.C. § 7509 (2013)
§7509. Definitions

In this chapter:

(1) Advisory Panel

The term "Advisory Panel" means the President's National Nanotechnology Advisory Panel established or designated under section 7503 of this title.

(2) Nanotechnology

The 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) Program

The term "Program" means the National Nanotechnology Program established under section 7501 of this title.

(4) Council

The 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 facility

The 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 area

The 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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