merce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, and the 
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the 
House of Representatives.’’; and 
(5) in section 10— 
(A) by amending paragraph (2) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(2) NANOTECHNOLOGY.—The term ‘nanotech-
nology’ means the science and technology that will 
enable one to understand, measure, model, image, 
manipulate, and manufacture at the nanoscale, 
aimed at creating materials, devices, and systems 
with fundamentally new properties or functions.’’; 
and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(7) NANOSCALE.—The term ‘nanoscale’ means 
one or more dimensions of between approximately 1 
and 100 nanometers.’’. 
SEC. 113. SOCIETAL DIMENSIONS OF NANOTECHNOLOGY. 
(a) COORDINATOR FOR ENVIRONMENTAL, HEALTH, 
AND SAFETY RESEARCH.—The Director of the Office of 
Science and Technology Policy shall designate an associate 
director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy 
or other appropriate senior government official as the Co-
ordinator for Environmental, Health, and Safety Re-
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search. The Coordinator shall be responsible for oversight 
of the coordination, planning, and budget prioritization of 
research and other activities related to environmental, 
health, safety, and other appropriate societal concerns re-
lated to nanotechnology. The responsibilities of the Coor-
dinator shall include— 
(1) ensuring that a research plan for the envi-
ronmental, health, and safety research activities re-
quired under subsection (b) is developed, updated, 
and implemented and that the plan is responsive to 
the recommendations of the Advisory Panel estab-
lished under section 4(a) of the 21st Century Nano-
technology Research and Development Act (15 
U.S.C. 7503(a)); and 
(2) encouraging and monitoring the efforts of 
the agencies participating in the Program to allocate 
the level of resources and management attention 
necessary to ensure that the environmental, health, 
safety, and other appropriate societal concerns re-
lated to nanotechnology are addressed under the 
Program. 
(b) RESEARCH PLAN.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Coordinator for Envi-
ronmental, Health, and Safety Research shall con-
vene and chair a panel comprised of representatives 
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from the agencies funding research activities under 
the Environmental, Health, and Safety program 
component area of the Program, or any successor 
program component area, and from such other agen-
cies as the Coordinator considers necessary to de-
velop, periodically update, and coordinate the imple-
mentation of a research plan for this program com-
ponent area. Such panel may be a subgroup of the 
Nanoscale Science, Engineering, and Technology 
Subcommittee of the National Science and Tech-
nology Council. In developing and updating the plan, 
the panel convened by the Coordinator shall solicit 
and be responsive to recommendations and advice 
from— 
(A) the Advisory Panel established under 
section 4(a) of the 21st Century Nanotechnol-
ogy Research and Development Act (15 U.S.C. 
7503(a)); and 
(B) the agencies responsible for environ-
mental, health, and safety regulations associ-
ated with the production, use, and disposal of 
nanoscale materials and products. 
(2) DEVELOPMENT OF STANDARDS.—The plan 
required under paragraph (1) shall include a de-
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scription of how the Program will help to ensure the 
development of— 
(A) standards related to nomenclature as-
sociated with engineered nanoscale materials; 
(B) engineered nanoscale standard ref-
erence materials for environmental, health, and 
safety testing; and 
(C) standards related to methods and pro-
cedures for detecting, measuring, monitoring, 
sampling, and testing engineered nanoscale ma-
terials for environmental, health, and safety im-
pacts. 
(3) COMPONENTS OF PLAN.—The plan required 
under paragraph (1) shall, with respect to activities 
described in paragraphs (1) and (2)— 
(A) specify near-term research objectives 
and long-term research objectives; 
(B) specify milestones associated with each 
near-term objective and the estimated time and 
resources required to reach each milestone; 
(C) with respect to subparagraphs (A) and 
(B), describe the role of each agency carrying 
out or sponsoring research in order to meet the 
objectives specified under subparagraph (A) and 
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