PRIA, Government Policy, Made Personal

Summary

The Director must keep the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology fully up to date about everything the Institute does. If the Director changes fee policies after June 30, 1987, for standard reference materials and calibration services, they must send a written explanation saying how demand and revenue are expected to change. Those changes can’t take effect until the proposal and explanation are sent to Congress and 30 days when both Houses are in session have passed. That waiting rule does not apply to fee changes made only because raw‑material or production and delivery costs changed.

Title 15, §278i

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(a)Information to Congress on Institute activities

The Director shall keep the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives fully and currently informed with regard to all of the activities of the Institute.

(b)Justification for changes in policies and fees

The Director shall justify in writing all changes in policies regarding fees for standard reference materials and calibration services occurring after June 30, 1987, including a description of the anticipated impact of any proposed changes on demand for and anticipated revenues from the materials and services. Changes in policy and fees shall not be effective unless and until the Director has submitted the proposed schedule and justification to the Congress and 30 days on which both Houses of Congress are in session have elapsed since such submission, except that the requirement of this sentence shall not apply with respect to adjustments which are based solely on changes in the costs of raw materials or of producing and delivering standard reference materials or calibration services.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2017—Subsecs. (c), (d). Pub. L. 114–329 struck out subsecs. (c) and (d) which required the Director to submit to Congress a 3-year programmatic planning document for the Institute and annual updates. 2007—Subsecs. (c), (d). Pub. L. 110–69 added subsecs. (c) and (d).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of House of Representatives treated as referring to Committee on Science of House of Representatives by section 1(a) of Pub. L. 104–14, set out as a note preceding section 21 of Title 2, The Congress. Committee on Science of House of Representatives changed to Committee on Science and Technology of House of Representatives by House Resolution No. 6, One Hundred Tenth Congress, Jan. 5, 2007. Committee on Science and Technology of House of Representatives changed to Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of House of Representatives by House Resolution No. 5, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, Jan. 5, 2011.

§278i Reports to Congress