PRIA, Government Policy, Made Personal

Summary

Create a National Technology and Innovation Medal. The President will decide how it looks and what words go on it after advice from the Office of Science and Technology Policy. The President will periodically give the medal to people or companies with outstanding work promoting technology or building the tech workforce to help the U.S. economy, environment, or society, using recommendations from the Secretary or other information, and will present it at ceremonies he chooses.

Title 15, §3711

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(a)Establishment

There is hereby established a National Technology and Innovation Medal, which shall be of such design and materials and bear such inscriptions as the President, on the basis of recommendations submitted by the Office of Science and Technology Policy, may prescribe.

(b)Award

The President shall periodically award the medal, on the basis of recommendations received from the Secretary or on the basis of such other information and evidence as he deems appropriate, to individuals or companies, which in his judgment are deserving of special recognition by reason of their outstanding contributions to the promotion of technology or technological manpower for the improvement of the economic, environmental, or social well-being of the United States.

(c)Presentation

The presentation of the award shall be made by the President with such ceremonies as he may deem proper.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2007—Pub. L. 110–69, § 1003(1), which directed substitution of “National Technology and Innovation Medal” for “National Medal” in section catchline, was executed by making the substitution for “National Technology Medal” to reflect the probable intent of Congress. Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 110–69, § 1003(2), substituted “Technology and Innovation Medal” for “Technology Medal”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

National Technology Medal for Environmental Technology Pub. L. 105–309, § 10, Oct. 30, 1998, 112 Stat. 2939, provided that: “In the administration of section 16 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3711), Environmental Technology shall be established as a separate nomination category with appropriate unique criteria for that category.”

§3711 National Technology and Innovation Medal