Title 15 — Commerce and Trade
Chapter 7 — National Institute of Standards and Technology
§ 272a. Technology services
Statutory text
In addition to such other technology services and technology extension activities which may be mandated or authorized by law, and in order to help improve the use of technology by small and medium-sized industrial firms within the United States, the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, as appropriate, shall—
work directly with States, local governments, and other appropriate organizations to provide for extended distribution of Standard Reference Materials, Standard Reference Data, calibrations, and related technical services and to help transfer other expertise and technology to the States and to small businesses and other businesses within the States;
evaluate those inventions from small businesses or individuals which have a significant potential for improving competitiveness;
provide support for workshops on technical and entrepreneurial topics and share information developed through the Malcolm Baldrige Quality Award Program; and
work with other Federal agencies to provide technical and related assistance to the States and businesses within the States.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
National Institute of Standards and Technology Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1989
Pub. L. 100–519 title I § 109 · 102 Stat. 2589
Enacted · 15 U.S.C. § 272a
(Pub. L. 100–519, title I, § 109, Oct. 24, 1988, 102 Stat. 2591.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 100–519, title I, § 109, Oct. 24, 1988, 102 Stat. 2591.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 109. TECHNOLOGY SERVICES. In addition to such other technology services and technology extension activities which may be mandated or authorized by law, and in order to help improve the use of technology by small and medium-sized industrial firms within the United States, the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, as appropriate, shall— (1) work directly with States, local governments, and other appropriate organizations to provide for extended distribution of Standard Reference Materials, Standard Reference Data, calibrations, and related technical services and to help transfer other expertise and technology to the States and to small businesses and other businesses within the States; (2) evaluate those inventions from small businesses or individuals which have a significant potential for improving competitiveness; (3) provide support for workshops on technical and entrepreneurial topics and share information developed through the Malcolm Baldrige Quality Award Program; and (4) work with other Federal agencies to provide technical and related assistance to the States and businesses within the States.
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Editorial Notes
Codification
Section was enacted as part of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1989, and not as part of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act which comprises this chapter.