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Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Part G · Chapter 163 — Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation

§ 19102. Purposes

Statutory text

The purposes of the Directorate established under section 19101 of this title are to—

(1)

support use-inspired and translational research and accelerate the development and use of federally funded research;

(2)

strengthen United States competitiveness by accelerating the development of key technologies; and

(3)

grow the domestic workforce in key technology focus areas, and expand the participation of United States students and researchers in areas of societal, national, and geostrategic importance, at all levels of education.

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. Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation Act

    Pub. L. 117–167 div. B title III § 10382 · 136 Stat. 1366

    Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 19102

    (Pub. L. 117–167, div. B, title III, § 10382, Aug. 9, 2022, 136 Stat. 1576.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 117–167, div. B, title III, § 10382, Aug. 9, 2022, 136 Stat. 1576.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 10382. PURPOSES.   The purposes of the Directorate established under section 10381 are to— (1) support use-inspired and translational research and accelerate the development and use of federally funded research; (2) strengthen United States competitiveness by accelerating the development of key technologies; and (3) grow the domestic workforce in key technology focus areas, and expand the participation of United States students and researchers in areas of societal, national, and geostrategic importance, at all levels of education.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Credits

(Pub. L. 117–167, div. B, title III, § 10382, , 136 Stat. 1576.)

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