15 U.S.C. § 7508: Additional centers

Summary

Creates two new centers chosen by merit review and competition. One center will study and share information about the social, ethical, environmental, education, legal, and workforce effects of nanotechnology, spot likely problems, and give recommendations to prevent or fix them. The other center will research new ways to make materials, devices, and systems with new combinations of properties (for example strength, toughness, density, conductivity, flame resistance, membrane separation) and work to move those manufacturing methods into U.S. industry. The Council, through the Director of the National Nanotechnology Coordination Office, must report to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the House of Representatives Committee on Science: within 6 months after December 3, 2003, which agency will lead and which other agencies will help set up the centers; and within 18 months after December 3, 2003, how the centers have been set up.

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(a)American Nanotechnology Preparedness Center

The Program shall provide for the establishment, on a merit-reviewed and competitive basis, of an American Nanotechnology Preparedness Center which shall—

(1)conduct, coordinate, collect, and disseminate studies on the societal, ethical, environmental, educational, legal, and workforce implications of nanotechnology; and

(2)identify anticipated issues related to the responsible research, development, and application of nanotechnology, as well as provide recommendations for preventing or addressing such issues.

(b)Center for nanomaterials manufacturing

The Program shall provide for the establishment, on a merit reviewed and competitive basis, of a center to—

(1)encourage, conduct, coordinate, commission, collect, and disseminate research on new manufacturing technologies for materials, devices, and systems with new combinations of characteristics, such as, but not limited to, strength, toughness, density, conductivity, flame resistance, and membrane separation characteristics; and

(2)develop mechanisms to transfer such manufacturing technologies to United States industries.

(c)Reports

The Council, through the Director of the National Nanotechnology Coordination Office, shall submit to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the House of Representatives Committee on Science—

(1)within 6 months after December 3, 2003, a report identifying which agency shall be the lead agency and which other agencies, if any, will be responsible for establishing the Centers described in this section; and

(2)within 18 months after December 3, 2003, a report describing how the Centers described in this section have been established.

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Change of Name

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.

§7508 Additional Centers

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Title 15, §7508

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