§7508 Additional centers

Summary

Set up two new centers through a fair, competitive review. One will be the American Nanotechnology Preparedness Center. It will study and share information about social, ethical, environmental, education, legal, and workforce effects of nanotechnology, spot likely problems, and make recommendations to prevent or deal with them. The other will research new manufacturing technologies for materials, devices, and systems with new mixes of properties (for example, strength, toughness, density, conductivity, flame resistance, and membrane separation) and help move those technologies into U.S. industry. The Council, through the Director of the National Nanotechnology Coordination Office, must send a report to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and to the House Committee on Science within 6 months after December 3, 2003 naming the lead and other agencies for the centers, and a second report within 18 months after December 3, 2003 describing how the centers were established.