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§5202 National Action Plan on Advanced Superconductivity Research and Development

Title 15 › Chapter CHAPTER 78— - SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND COMPETITIVENESS › § 5202

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

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Create a five-year national plan for advanced superconductivity research and development. The Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) must prepare the plan and work with the National Critical Materials Council and the National Commission on Superconductivity. The plan must set research goals and priorities, say which federal departments and agencies will do what, recommend funding for the five years after November 19, 1988 for each participating agency, and describe how industry and universities can join. OSTP and the Critical Materials Council must send the plan to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology and to the Senate Committees on Energy and Natural Resources and on Commerce, Science, and Transportation within 9 months after November 19, 1988. OSTP must then send an annual progress report, showing funds spent by federal agencies, with the President’s yearly budget to those same committees.

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Title 15, §5202

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(a)(1)The Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy shall establish a 5-year National Action Plan on Advanced Superconductivity Research and Development (hereinafter in this chapter referred to as the “Superconductivity Action Plan”).
(2)The Office of Science and Technology Policy shall coordinate the development of the Superconductivity Action Plan and any recommendations required by this chapter with the National Critical Materials Council and the National Commission on Superconductivity.
(b)The Superconductivity Action Plan shall include—
(1)goals and priorities for advanced superconductivity research and development to be carried out by individual departments and agencies and organizational elements therein;
(2)the assignment of responsibility for the conduct of advanced superconductivity research and development among the departments, agencies, and organization elements therein;
(3)recommendation of proposed funding levels for activities relating to superconductivity of the 5 years following November 19, 1988, for each of the participating departments, agencies, and organizational elements therein; and
(4)proposals for the participation by industry and academia in the planning and implementation of the Superconductivity Action Plan.
(c)The Office of Science and Technology Policy, in conjunction with the National Critical Materials Council, shall submit a report detailing the Superconductivity Action Plan to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives, and to the Committees on Energy and Natural Resources, and Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, within 9 months after November 19, 1988.
(d)The Office of Science and Technology Policy shall prepare an annual report setting forth and evaluating the progress of the Superconductivity Action Plan. This report shall include a description of the amount of funds expended in the previous year by all Federal departments and agencies involved with superconductivity. This report shall be submitted with the President’s annual budget request to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives, and to the Committees on Energy and Natural Resources, and Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate.

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2020—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 116–260 struck out “, with the assistance of the National Critical Materials Council as specified in the National Critical Materials Act of 1984 (30 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.),” after “Policy”.

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15 U.S.C. § 5202

Title 15Commerce and Trade

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Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73