Title 15 — Commerce and TradeRelease 119-73
§3716 Critical industries
Title 15 › Chapter CHAPTER 63— - TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION › § 3716
Summary
The Secretary must identify U.S. civilian industries needed to keep a strong manufacturing base and protect the country’s economic security. The Secretary must also list the major federal R&D projects and large federal investments, including work by government research labs, for each industry, and report to Congress within 1 year after February 14, 1992.
Full Legal Text
Title 15, §3716
Commerce and Trade — Source: USLM XML via OLRC
(a)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)The Secretary shall submit a report to the Congress within 1 year after February 14, 1992, on the actions taken under subsection (a).
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
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 May 15, 2000, 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.
Reference
Citations & Metadata
Citation
15 U.S.C. § 3716
Title 15 — Commerce and Trade
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73