Title 15 — Commerce and Trade
Chapter 63 — Technology Innovation
§ 3716. Critical industries
Statutory text
Identification of industries and development of plan
The Secretary shall—
identify those civilian industries in the United States that are necessary to support a robust manufacturing infrastructure and critical to the economic security of the United States; and
list the major research and development initiatives being undertaken, and the substantial investments being made, by the Federal Government, including its research laboratories, in each of the critical industries identified under paragraph (1).
Initial report
The Secretary shall submit a report to the Congress within 1 year after , on the actions taken under subsection (a).
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.
American Technology Preeminence Act of 1991
Pub. L. 102–245 title V § 504 · 106 Stat. 7
Enacted · 15 U.S.C. § 3716
(Pub. L. 102–245, title V, § 504, Feb. 14, 1992, 106 Stat. 24.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 102–245, title V, § 504, Feb. 14, 1992, 106 Stat. 24.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 504. CRITICAL INDUSTRIES. (a) Identification of Industries and Development of Plan.— The Secretary shall— (1) identify those civilian industries in the United States that are necessary to support a robust manufacturing infrastructure and critical to the economic security of the United States; and (2) list the major research and development initiatives being undertaken, and the substantial investments being made, by the Federal Government. including its research laboratories, in each of the critical industries identified under paragraph (1). (b) Initial Report.— The Secretary shall submit a report to the Congress within 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act on the actions taken under subsection (a). (c) Annual Updates.— The Secretary shall annually submit to the Congress an update of the report submitted under subsection (b). Each such update shall— (1) describe the status of each identified critical industry, including the advances and declines occurring since the most recent report; and (2) identify any industries that should be added to the list of critical industries.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Codification
Subsec. (c) of this section, which required the Secretary to annually submit to Congress an update of the report submitted under subsec. (b) of this section, terminated, effective , pursuant to section 3003 of Pub. L. 104–66, as amended, set out as a note under section 1113 of Title 31, Money and Finance. See, also, page 52 of House Document No. 103–7.
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.