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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1868 

To authorize appropriations for the National Institute of Standards and 

Technology for fiscal years 2008, 2009, and 2010, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 17, 2007 

Mr. WU (for himself, Mr. GINGREY, Mr. GORDON of Tennessee, Mr. HALL

of Texas, Mr. MITCHELL, and Mr. EHLERS) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Science and Technology 

A BILL 

To authorize appropriations for the National Institute of 

Standards and Technology for fiscal years 2008, 2009, 

and 2010, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Technology Innovation 

5 and Manufacturing Stimulation Act of 2007’’. 


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1 TITLE I—AUTHORIZATION OF 

2 APPROPRIATIONS 

3 SEC. 101. SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH AND 

4 SERVICES. 

5 (a) LABORATORY ACTIVITIES.—There are authorized 

6 to be appropriated to the Secretary of Commerce for the 

7 scientific and technical research and services laboratory 

8 activities of the National Institute of Standards and Tech9 nology— 

10 (1) $470,879,000 for fiscal year 2008; 

11 (2) $497,750,000 for fiscal year 2009; and 

12 (3) $537,569,000 for fiscal year 2010. 

13 (b) MALCOLM BALDRIGE NATIONAL QUALITY

14 AWARD PROGRAM.—There are authorized to be appro15 priated to the Secretary of Commerce for the Malcolm 

16 Baldrige National Quality Award program under section 

17 17 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 

18 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3711a)— 

19 (1) $7,860,000 for fiscal year 2008; 

20 (2) $8,096,000 for fiscal year 2009; and 

21 (3) $8,339,000 for fiscal year 2010. 

22 (c) CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE.—There are 

23 authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Com24 merce for construction and maintenance of facilities of the 

25 National Institute of Standards and Technology— 


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1 (1) $93,865,000 for fiscal year 2008; 

2 (2) $86,371,000 for fiscal year 2009; and 

3 (3) $49,719,000 for fiscal year 2010. 

4 SEC. 102. INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES. 

5 There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec6 retary of Commerce for Industrial Technology Services ac7 tivities of the National Institute of Standards and Tech8 nology— 

9 (1) $222,968,000 for fiscal year 2008, of 

10 which— 

11 (A) $110,000,000 shall be for the Tech12 nology Innovation Program under section 28 of 

13 the National Institute of Standards and Tech14 nology Act (15 U.S.C. 278n), of which at least 

15 $45,000,000 shall be for new awards; and 

16 (B) $112,968,000 shall be for the Manu17 facturing Extension Partnership program under 

18 sections 25 and 26 of the National Institute of 

19 Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278k 

20 and 278l), of which not more than $1,000,000 

21 shall be for the competitive grant program 

22 under section 25(f) of such Act; 

23 (2) $263,505,000 for fiscal year 2009, of 

24 which— 


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1 (A) $141,500,000 shall be for the Tech2 nology Innovation Program under section 28 of 

3 the National Institute of Standards and Tech4 nology Act (15 U.S.C. 278n), of which at least 

5 $45,000,000 shall be for new awards; and 

6 (B) $122,005,000 shall be for the Manu7 facturing Extension Partnership Program 

8 under sections 25 and 26 of the National Insti9 tute of Standards and Technology Act (15 

10 U.S.C. 278k and 278l), of which not more than 

11 $4,000,000 shall be for the competitive grant 

12 program under section 25(f) of such Act; and 

13 (3) $282,266,000 for fiscal year 2010, of 

14 which— 

15 (A) $150,500,000 shall be for the Tech16 nology Innovation Program under section 28 of 

17 the National Institute of Standards and Tech18 nology Act (15 U.S.C. 278n), of which at least 

19 $45,000,000 shall be for new awards; and 

20 (B) $131,766,000 shall be for the Manu21 facturing Extension Partnership Program 

22 under sections 25 and 26 of the National Insti23 tute of Standards and Technology Act (15 

24 U.S.C. 278k and 278l), of which not more than 


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1 $4,000,000 shall be for the competitive grant 

2 program under section 25(f) of such Act. 

3 TITLE II—INNOVATION AND 

4 TECHNOLOGY POLICY REFORMS 

5 SEC. 201. INSTITUTE-WIDE PLANNING REPORT. 

6 Section 23 of the National Institute of Standards and 

7 Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278i) is amended by adding 

8 at the end the following new subsections: 

9 ‘‘(c) Concurrent with the submission to Congress of 

10 the President’s annual budget request in the first year 

11 after the date of enactment of the Technology Innovation 

12 and Manufacturing Stimulation Act of 2007, the Director 

13 shall transmit to the Congress a 3-year programmatic 

14 planning document for the Institute, including programs 

15 under the Scientific and Technical Research and Services, 

16 Industrial Technology Services, and Construction of Re17 search Facilities functions. 

18 ‘‘(d) Concurrent with the submission to the Congress 

19 of the President’s annual budget request in each year after 

20 the date of enactment of the Technology Innovation and 

21 Manufacturing Stimulation Act of 2007, the Director shall 

22 transmit to the Congress an update to the 3-year pro23 grammatic planning document transmitted under sub24 section (c), revised to cover the first 3 fiscal years after 

25 the date of that update.’’. 


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1 SEC. 202. REPORT BY VISITING COMMITTEE. 

2 Section 10(h)(1) of the National Institute of Stand3 ards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278(h)(1)) is amend4 ed— 

5 (1) by striking ‘‘on or before January 31 in 

6 each year’’ and inserting ‘‘within 30 days after the 

7 submission to Congress of the President’s annual 

8 budget request in each year’’; and 

9 (2) by adding to the end the following: ‘‘Such 

10 report also shall comment on the programmatic 

11 planning document and updates thereto transmitted 

12 to the Congress by the Director under section 23(c) 

13 and (d).’’. 

14 SEC. 203. MANUFACTURING EXTENSION PARTNERSHIP. 

15 (a) MEP ADVISORY BOARD.—Section 25 of the Na16 tional Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 

17 U.S.C. 278k) is amended by adding at the end the fol18 lowing new subsection: 

19 ‘‘(e) MEP ADVISORY BOARD.—(1) There is estab20 lished within the Institute a Manufacturing Extension 

21 Partnership Advisory Board (in this Act referred to as the 

22 ‘MEP Advisory Board’). The MEP Advisory Board shall 

23 consist of 10 members broadly representative of stake24 holders, to be appointed by the Director. At least 2 mem25 bers shall be employed by or on an advisory board for the 

26 Centers, and at least 5 other members shall be from 


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1 United States small businesses in the manufacturing sec2 tor. No member shall be an employee of the Federal Gov3 ernment. 

4 ‘‘(2)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B) or 

5 (C), the term of office of each member of the MEP Advi6 sory Board shall be 3 years. 

7 ‘‘(B) The original members of the MEP Advisory 

8 Board shall be appointed to 3 classes. One class of 3 mem9 bers shall have an initial term of 1 year, one class of 3 

10 members shall have an initial term of 2 years, and one 

11 class of 4 members shall have an initial term of 3 years. 

12 ‘‘(C) Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occur13 ring prior to the expiration of the term for which his pred14 ecessor was appointed shall be appointed for the remain15 der of such term. 

16 ‘‘(D) Any person who has completed two consecutive 

17 full terms of service on the MEP Advisory Board shall 

18 thereafter be ineligible for appointment during the one19 year period following the expiration of the second such 

20 term. 

21 ‘‘(3) The MEP Advisory Board shall meet no less 

22 than 2 times annually, and provide to the Director— 

23 ‘‘(A) advice on Manufacturing Extension Part24 nership programs, plans, and policies; 


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1 ‘‘(B) assessments of the soundness of Manufac2 turing Extension Partnership plans and strategies; 

3 and 

4 ‘‘(C) assessments of current performance 

5 against Manufacturing Extension Partnership pro6 gram plans. 

7 ‘‘(4) In discharging its duties under this subsection, 

8 the MEP Advisory Board shall function solely in an advi9 sory capacity, in accordance with the Federal Advisory 

10 Committee Act. 

11 ‘‘(5) The MEP Advisory Board shall transmit an an12 nual report to the Secretary for transmittal to the Con13 gress within 30 days after the submission to the Congress 

14 of the President’s annual budget request in each year. 

15 Such report shall address the status of the Manufacturing 

16 Extension Partnership program and comment on the rel17 evant sections of the programmatic planning document 

18 and updates thereto transmitted to the Congress by the 

19 Director under section 23(c) and (d).’’. 

20 (b) ACCEPTANCE OF FUNDS.—Section 25(d) of the 

21 National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 

22 U.S.C. 278k(d)) is amended to read as follows: 

23 ‘‘(d) ACCEPTANCE OF FUNDS.—In addition to such 

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1 rector also may accept funds from other Federal depart2 ments and agencies and under section 2(c)(7) from the 

3 private sector for the purpose of strengthening United 

4 States manufacturing. Such funds, if allocated to a Center 

5 or Centers, shall not be considered in the calculation of 

6 the Federal share of capital and annual operating and 

7 maintenance costs under subsection (c).’’. 

8 (c) MANUFACTURING EXTENSION CENTER COMPETI9 TIVE GRANT PROGRAM.—Section 25 of the National Insti10 tute of Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278k), 

11 as amended by subsection (a) of this section, is further 

12 amended by adding at the end the following new sub13 section: 

14 ‘‘(f) COMPETITIVE GRANT PROGRAM.— 

15 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Director shall es16 tablish, within the Manufacturing Extension Part17 nership program under this section and section 26 

18 of this Act, a program of competitive awards among 

19 participants described in paragraph (2) for the pur20 poses described in paragraph (3). 

21 ‘‘(2) PARTICIPANTS.—Participants receiving 

22 awards under this subsection shall be the Centers, or 

23 a consortium of such Centers. 

24 ‘‘(3) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the program 

25 under this subsection is to develop projects to solve 


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1 new or emerging manufacturing problems as deter2 mined by the Director, in consultation with the Di3 rector of the Manufacturing Extension Partnership 

4 program, the Manufacturing Extension Partnership 

5 Advisory Board, and small and medium-sized manu6 facturers. One or more themes for the competition 

7 may be identified, which may vary from year to year, 

8 depending on the needs of manufacturers and the 

9 success of previous competitions. These themes shall 

10 be related to projects associated with manufacturing 

11 extension activities, including supply chain integra12 tion and quality management, or extend beyond 

13 these traditional areas. 

14 ‘‘(4) APPLICATIONS.—Applications for awards 

15 under this subsection shall be submitted in such 

16 manner, at such time, and containing such informa17 tion as the Director shall require, in consultation 

18 with the Manufacturing Extension Partnership Advi19 sory Board. 

20 ‘‘(5) SELECTION.—Awards under this sub21 section shall be peer reviewed and competitively 

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1 ‘‘(A) that utilize innovative or collaborative 

2 approaches to solving the problem described in 

3 the competition; 

4 ‘‘(B) that will improve the competitiveness 

5 of industries in the region in which the Center 

6 or Centers are located; and 

7 ‘‘(C) that will contribute to the long-term 

8 economic stability of that region. 

9 ‘‘(6) PROGRAM CONTRIBUTION.—Recipients of 

10 awards under this subsection shall not be required 

11 to provide a matching contribution.’’. 

12 SEC. 204. TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION PROGRAM. 

13 Section 28 of the National Institute of Standards and 

14 Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278n) is amended to read as 

15 follows: 

16 ‘‘TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION PROGRAM

17 ‘‘SEC. 28. (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is estab18 lished in the Institute a Technology Innovation Program 

19 for the purpose of assisting United States businesses and 

20 institutions of higher education to accelerate the develop21 ment and application of challenging, high-risk technologies 

22 that promise widespread economic benefits for the Nation. 

23 ‘‘(b) GRANTS.— 

24 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall make 

25 grants under this section to eligible companies for 

26 research and development on high-risk, high-payoff 


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1 emerging and enabling technologies that offer sig2 nificant potential benefits to the United States econ3 omy and a wide breadth of potential application, and 

4 form an important technical basis for future innova5 tions. Such grants shall be made to eligible compa6 nies that are— 

7 ‘‘(A) small or medium-sized businesses 

8 that are substantially involved in the research 

9 and development, including having a leadership 

10 role in programmatically steering the project 

11 and defining the research agenda; or 

12 ‘‘(B) joint ventures. 

13 ‘‘(2) SINGLE COMPANY GRANTS.—No grant 

14 made under paragraph (1)(A) shall exceed 

15 $3,000,000 over 3 years. The Federal share of a 

16 project funded by such a grant shall not be more 

17 than 50 percent of total project costs. An award 

18 under paragraph (1)(A) may be extended beyond 3 

19 years only if the Director transmits to the Com20 mittee on Science and Technology of the House of 

21 Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, 

22 Science, and Transportation of the Senate a full and 

23 complete explanation of such award, including rea24 sons for exceeding 3 years. Federal funds granted 

25 under paragraph (1)(A) may be used only for direct 


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1 costs and not for indirect costs, profits, or manage2 ment fees of a contractor. 

3 ‘‘(3) JOINT VENTURE GRANTS.—No grant made 

4 under paragraph (1)(B) shall exceed $9,000,000 

5 over 5 years. The Federal share of a project funded 

6 by such a grant shall not be more than 50 percent 

7 of total project costs. 

8 ‘‘(c) AWARD CRITERIA.—The Director shall award 

9 grants under this section only to an eligible company— 

10 ‘‘(1) whose proposal has scientific and techno11 logical merit; 

12 ‘‘(2) whose application establishes that the pro13 posed technology has strong potential to generate 

14 substantial benefits to the Nation that extend sig15 nificantly beyond the direct return to the applicant; 

16 ‘‘(3) whose application establishes that the re17 search has strong potential for advancing the state18 of-the-art and contributing significantly to the 

19 United States scientific and technical knowledge 

20 base; 

21 ‘‘(4) whose application establishes that the re22 search is aimed at overcoming a scientific or techno23 logical barrier; 

24 ‘‘(5) who has provided a technical plan that 

25 clearly identifies the core innovation, the technical 


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1 approach, major technical hurdles, and the attend2 ant risks, and that clearly establishes the feasibility 

3 of the technology through adequately detailed plans 

4 linked to major technical barriers; 

5 ‘‘(6) whose application establishes that the 

6 team proposed to carry out the work has a high level 

7 of scientific and technical expertise to conduct re8 search and development, has a high level of commit9 ment to the project, and has access to appropriate 

10 research facilities; 

11 ‘‘(7) whose proposal explains why Technology 

12 Innovation Program support is necessary; 

13 ‘‘(8) whose application includes a plan for ad14 vancing the technology into commercial use; and 

15 ‘‘(9) whose application assesses the project’s or16 ganizational structure and management plan. 

17 ‘‘(d) EXTERNAL REVIEW OF PROPOSALS.—In order 

18 to analyze the need for or the value of any proposal made 

19 by a joint venture or company requesting the Director’s 

20 assistance under this section, or to monitor the progress 

21 of any project which receives funds under this section, the 

22 Director shall consult with industry or other expert 

23 sources that do not have a proprietary or financial interest 

24 in the proposal or project. 


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1 ‘‘(e) INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS OWNER2 SHIP.— 

3 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Title to any intellectual 

4 property developed by a joint venture from assist5 ance provided under this section may vest in any 

6 participant in the joint venture, as agreed by the 

7 members of the joint venture, notwithstanding sec8 tion 202(a) and (b) of title 35, United States Code. 

9 The United States may reserve a nonexclusive, non10 transferable, irrevocable paid-up license, to have 

11 practiced for or on behalf of the United States in 

12 connection with any such intellectual property, but 

13 shall not in the exercise of such license publicly dis14 close proprietary information related to the license. 

15 Title to any such intellectual property shall not be 

16 transferred or passed, except to a participant in the 

17 joint venture, until the expiration of the first patent 

18 obtained in connection with such intellectual prop19 erty. 

20 ‘‘(2) LICENSING.—Nothing in this subsection 

21 shall be construed to prohibit the licensing to any 

22 company of intellectual property rights arising from 

23 assistance provided under this section. 

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1 vention patentable under title 35, United States 

2 Code, or any patent on such an invention. 

3 ‘‘(f) PROGRAM OPERATION.—Not later than 9 

4 months after the date of enactment of the Technology In5 novation and Manufacturing Stimulation Act of 2007, the 

6 Director shall issue regulations— 

7 ‘‘(1) establishing criteria for the selection of re8 cipients of assistance under this section; 

9 ‘‘(2) establishing procedures regarding financial 

10 reporting and auditing to ensure that contracts and 

11 awards are used for the purposes specified in this 

12 section, are in accordance with sound accounting 

13 practices, and are not funding existing or planned 

14 research programs that would be conducted in the 

15 same time period in the absence of financial assist16 ance under this section; and 

17 ‘‘(3) providing for appropriate dissemination of 

18 Technology Innovation Program research results. 

19 ‘‘(g) CONTINUATION OF ATP GRANTS.—The Direc20 tor shall, through the Technology Innovation Program, 

21 continue to provide support originally awarded under the 

22 Advanced Technology Program, in accordance with the 

23 terms of the original award. 

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1 rector shall, as appropriate, coordinate with other senior 

2 Federal officials to ensure cooperation and coordination 

3 in Federal technology programs and to avoid unnecessary 

4 duplication of efforts. 

5 ‘‘(i) ACCEPTANCE OF FUNDS FROM OTHER FED6 ERAL AGENCIES.—In addition to amounts appropriated to 

7 carry out this section, the Secretary and the Director may 

8 accept funds from other Federal agencies to support 

9 awards under the Technology Innovation Program. Any 

10 award under this section which is supported with funds 

11 from other Federal agencies shall be selected and carried 

12 out according to the provisions of this section. 

13 ‘‘(j) TIP ADVISORY BOARD.— 

14 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established 

15 within the Institute a Technology Innovation Pro16 gram Advisory Board. The TIP Advisory Board 

17 shall consist of 10 members appointed by the Direc18 tor, at least 7 of which shall be from United States 

19 industry, chosen to reflect the wide diversity of tech20 nical disciplines and industrial sectors represented in 

21 Technology Innovation Program projects. No mem22 ber shall be an employee of the Federal Government. 

23 ‘‘(2) TERMS OF OFFICE.—(A) Except as pro24 vided in subparagraph (B) or (C), the term of office 


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1 of each member of the TIP Advisory Board shall be 

2 3 years. 

3 ‘‘(B) The original members of the TIP Advisory 

4 Board shall be appointed to 3 classes. One class of 

5 3 members shall have an initial term of 1 year, one 

6 class of 3 members shall have an initial term of 2 

7 years, and one class of 4 members shall have an ini8 tial term of 3 years. 

9 ‘‘(C) Any member appointed to fill a vacancy 

10 occurring prior to the expiration of the term for 

11 which his predecessor was appointed shall be ap12 pointed for the remainder of such term. 

13 ‘‘(D) Any person who has completed two con14 secutive full terms of service on the TIP Advisory 

15 Board shall thereafter be ineligible for appointment 

16 during the one-year period following the expiration 

17 of the second such term. 

18 ‘‘(3) PURPOSE.—The TIP Advisory Board shall 

19 meet no less than 2 times annually, and provide to 

20 the Director— 

21 ‘‘(A) advice on programs, plans, and poli22 cies of the Technology Innovation Program; 

23 ‘‘(B) reviews of the Technology Innovation 

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1 ‘‘(C) reports on the general health of the 

2 program and its effectiveness in achieving its 

3 legislatively mandated mission; 

4 ‘‘(D) guidance on areas of technology that 

5 are appropriate for Technology Innovation Pro6 gram funding; and 

7 ‘‘(E) recommendations as to whether, in 

8 order to better assess whether specific innova9 tions to be pursued are being adequately sup10 ported by the private sector, the Director could 

11 benefit from advice and information from addi12 tional industry and other expert sources without 

13 a proprietary or financial interest in proposals 

14 being evaluated. 

15 ‘‘(4) ADVISORY CAPACITY.—In discharging its 

16 duties under this subsection, the TIP Advisory 

17 Board shall function solely in an advisory capacity, 

18 in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee 

19 Act. 

20 ‘‘(5) ANNUAL REPORT.—The TIP Advisory 

21 Board shall transmit an annual report to the Sec22 retary for transmittal to the Congress within 30 

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1 novation Program and comment on the relevant sec2 tions of the programmatic planning document and 

3 updates thereto transmitted to the Congress by the 

4 Director under section 23(c) and (d). 

5 ‘‘(k) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section— 

6 ‘‘(1) the term ‘eligible company’ means a com7 pany that is incorporated in the United States and 

8 does a majority of its business in the United States, 

9 and that either— 

10 ‘‘(A) is majority owned by citizens of the 

11 United States; or 

12 ‘‘(B) is owned by a parent company incor13 porated in another country and the Director 

14 finds that— 

15 ‘‘(i) the company’s participation in the 

16 Technology Innovation Program would be 

17 in the economic interest of the United 

18 States, as evidenced by— 

19 ‘‘(I) investments in the United 

20 States in research and manufacturing 

21 (including the manufacture of major 

22 components or subassemblies in the 

23 United States); 

24 ‘‘(II) significant contributions to 

25 employment in the United States; and 


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1 ‘‘(III) agreement with respect to 

2 any technology arising from assistance 

3 provided under this section to promote 

4 the manufacture within the United 

5 States of products resulting from that 

6 technology (taking into account the 

7 goals of promoting the competitive8 ness of United States industry); and 

9 ‘‘(ii) the company is incorporated in a 

10 country which— 

11 ‘‘(I) affords to United States12 owned companies opportunities, com13 parable to those afforded to any other 

14 company, to participate in any joint 

15 venture similar to those receiving 

16 funding under this section; 

17 ‘‘(II) affords to United States18 owned companies local investment op19 portunities comparable to those af20 forded any other company; and 

21 ‘‘(III) affords adequate and effec22 tive protection for the intellectual 

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1 ‘‘(2) the term ‘institution of higher education’ 

2 has the meaning given that term in section 101 of 

3 the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

4 1001); 

5 ‘‘(3) the term ‘joint venture’ means a joint ven6 ture that— 

7 ‘‘(A) includes either— 

8 ‘‘(i) at least 2 separately owned for9 profit companies that are both substan10 tially involved in the project and both of 

11 which are contributing to the cost-sharing 

12 required under this section, with the lead 

13 entity of the joint venture being one of 

14 those companies that is a small or me15 dium-sized business; or 

16 ‘‘(ii) at least one small or medium17 sized business and one institution of higher 

18 education that are both substantially in19 volved in the project and both of which are 

20 contributing to the cost-sharing required 

21 under this section, with the lead entity of 

22 the joint venture being either that small or 

23 medium-sized business or that institution 

24 of higher education; and 


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1 ‘‘(B) may include additional for-profit com2 panies, institutions of higher education, and 

3 other organizations that may or may not con4 tribute non-Federal funds to the project; and 

5 ‘‘(4) the term ‘TIP Advisory Board’ means the 

6 advisory board established under subsection (j).’’. 

7 SEC. 205. RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS. 

8 Section 18 of the National Institute of Standards and 

9 Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278g–l) is amended by striking 

10 ‘‘up to 1 per centum of the’’ and inserting ‘‘up to 1.5 per11 cent of the’’. 

12 SEC. 206. COLLABORATIVE MANUFACTURING RESEARCH 

13 PILOT GRANTS. 

14 The National Institute of Standards and Technology 

15 Act is amended— 

16 (1) by redesignating the first section 32 (15 

17 U.S.C. 271 note) as section 34 and moving it to the 

18 end of the Act; and 

19 (2) by inserting before the section moved by 

20 paragraph (1) the following new section: 

21 ‘‘SEC. 33. COLLABORATIVE MANUFACTURING RESEARCH 

22 PILOT GRANTS. 

23 ‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.— 

24 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Director shall es25 tablish a pilot program of awards to partnerships 


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1 among participants described in paragraph (2) for 

2 the purposes described in paragraph (3). Awards 

3 shall be made on a peer-reviewed, competitive basis. 

4 ‘‘(2) PARTICIPANTS.—Such partnerships shall 

5 include at least— 

6 ‘‘(A) 1 manufacturing industry partner; 

7 and 

8 ‘‘(B) 1 nonindustry partner. 

9 ‘‘(3) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the program 

10 under this section is to foster cost-shared collabora11 tions among firms, educational institutions, research 

12 institutions, State agencies, and nonprofit organiza13 tions to encourage the development of innovative, 

14 multidisciplinary manufacturing technologies. Part15 nerships receiving awards under this section shall 

16 conduct applied research to develop new manufac17 turing processes, techniques, or materials that would 

18 contribute to improved performance, productivity, 

19 and competitiveness of United States manufacturing, 

20 and build lasting alliances among collaborators. 

21 ‘‘(b) PROGRAM CONTRIBUTION.—Awards under this 

22 section shall provide for not more than one-third of the 

23 costs of a partnership. Not more than an additional one24 third of such costs may be obtained directly or indirectly 

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1 ‘‘(c) APPLICATIONS.—Applications for awards under 

2 this section shall be submitted in such manner, at such 

3 time, and containing such information as the Director 

4 shall require. Such applications shall describe at a min5 imum— 

6 ‘‘(1) how each partner will participate in devel7 oping and carrying out the research agenda of the 

8 partnership; 

9 ‘‘(2) the research that the grant would fund; 

10 and 

11 ‘‘(3) how the research to be funded with the 

12 award would contribute to improved performance, 

13 productivity, and competitiveness of the United 

14 States manufacturing industry. 

15 ‘‘(d) SELECTION CRITERIA.—In selecting applica16 tions for awards under this section, the Director shall con17 sider at a minimum— 

18 ‘‘(1) the degree to which projects will have a 

19 broad impact on manufacturing; 

20 ‘‘(2) the novelty and scientific and technical 

21 merit of the proposed projects; and 

22 ‘‘(3) the demonstrated capabilities of the appli23 cants to successfully carry out the proposed re24 search. 


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1 ‘‘(e) DISTRIBUTION.—In selecting applications under 

2 this section the Director shall ensure, to the extent prac3 ticable, a distribution of overall awards among a variety 

4 of manufacturing industry sectors and a range of firm 

5 sizes. 

6 ‘‘(f) DURATION.—In carrying out this section, the Di7 rector shall run a single pilot competition to solicit and 

8 make awards. Each award shall be for a 3-year period.’’. 

9 SEC. 207. MANUFACTURING FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM. 

10 Section 18 of the National Institute of Standards and 

11 Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278g–1) is amended— 

12 (1) by inserting ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—’’ before 

13 ‘‘The Director is authorized’’; and 

14 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub15 section: 

16 ‘‘(b) MANUFACTURING FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM.— 

17 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—To promote the devel18 opment of a robust research community working at 

19 the leading edge of manufacturing sciences, the Di20 rector shall establish a program to award— 

21 ‘‘(A) postdoctoral research fellowships at 

22 the Institute for research activities related to 

23 manufacturing sciences; and 

24 ‘‘(B) senior research fellowships to estab25 lished researchers in industry or at institutions 


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1 of higher education who wish to pursue studies 

2 related to the manufacturing sciences at the In3 stitute. 

4 ‘‘(2) APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible for an 

5 award under this subsection, an individual shall sub6 mit an application to the Director at such time, in 

7 such manner, and containing such information as 

8 the Director may require. 

9 ‘‘(3) STIPEND LEVELS.—Under this subsection, 

10 the Director shall provide stipends for postdoctoral 

11 research fellowships at a level consistent with the 

12 National Institute of Standards and Technology 

13 Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program, and sen14 ior research fellowships at levels consistent with sup15 port for a faculty member in a sabbatical position.’’. 

16 SEC. 208. MEETINGS OF VISITING COMMITTEE ON AD17 VANCED TECHNOLOGY. 

18 Section 10(d) of the National Institute of Standards 

19 and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278(d)) is amended by 

20 striking ‘‘quarterly’’ and inserting ‘‘twice each year’’. 

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