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Title 15 — Commerce and Trade

Chapter 100 — Cyber Security Research and Development

§ 7409. Coordination of Federal cyber security research and development

Statutory text

The Director of the National Science Foundation and the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology shall coordinate the research programs authorized by this chapter or pursuant to amendments made by this chapter. The Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy shall work with the Director of the National Science Foundation and the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology to ensure that programs authorized by this chapter or pursuant to amendments made by this chapter are taken into account in any government-wide cyber security research effort.

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.

  1. Cyber Security Research and Development Act

    Pub. L. 107–305 § 13 · 116 Stat. 2367

    Enacted · 15 U.S.C. § 7409

    (Pub. L. 107–305, § 13, Nov. 27, 2002, 116 Stat. 2380.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 107–305, § 13, Nov. 27, 2002, 116 Stat. 2380.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 13. COORDINATION OF FEDERAL CYBER SECURITY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT The Director of the National Science Foundation and the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology shall coordinate the research programs authorized by this Act or pursuant to amendments made by this Act. The Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy shall work with the Director of the National Science Foundation and the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology to ensure that programs authorized by this Act or pursuant to amendments made by this Act are taken into account in any government-wide cyber security research effort.

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Editorial Notes

References in Text

This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 107–305, , 116 Stat. 2367, known as the Cyber Security Research and Development Act, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 7401 of this title.

Credits

(Pub. L. 107–305, § 13, , 116 Stat. 2380.)

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