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2021 US Code
Title 15 - Commerce and Trade
Chapter 63 - Technology Innovation
Sec. 3710b - Rewards for scientific, engineering, and technical personnel of Federal agencies

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Citation 15 U.S.C. § 3710b (2021)
Section Name §3710b. Rewards for scientific, engineering, and technical personnel of Federal agencies
Section Text

The head of each Federal agency that is making expenditures at a rate of more than $50,000,000 per fiscal year for research and development in its Government-operated laboratories shall use the appropriate statutory authority to develop and implement a cash awards program to reward its scientific, engineering, and technical personnel for—

(1) inventions, innovations, computer software, or other outstanding scientific or technological contributions of value to the United States due to commercial application or due to contributions to missions of the Federal agency or the Federal government,1 or

(2) exemplary activities that promote the domestic transfer of science and technology development within the Federal Government and result in utilization of such science and technology by American industry or business, universities, State or local governments, or other non-Federal parties.
Source Credit

(Pub. L. 96–480, §13, as added and renumbered §12, Pub. L. 99–502, §§6, 9(e)(1), Oct. 20, 1986, 100 Stat. 1792, 1797; renumbered §13, Pub. L. 100–418, title V, §5122(a)(1), Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1438; amended Pub. L. 100–519, title III, §302, Oct. 24, 1988, 102 Stat. 2597.)
Editorial Notes EDITORIAL NOTES AMENDMENTS

1988—Par. (1). Pub. L. 100–519 inserted "computer software," after "inventions, innovations,".
Footnotes

1 So in original. Probably should be capitalized.
Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 3, 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. 3710b - Rewards for scientific, engineering, and technical personnel of Federal agencies
Contains section 3710b
Date 2021
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 3, 2022
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 100 Stat. 1792
102 Stat. 1438, 2597
Public Law References Public Law 96-480, Public Law 99-502, Public Law 100-418, Public Law 100-519
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