‘‘(3) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this sub-
section, the term ‘intellectual property’ means an in-
vention patentable under title 35, United States Code, 
or any patent on such an invention, or any work for 
which copyright protection is available under title 17, 
United States Code. 
‘‘(f) PROGRAM OPERATION.—Not later than 9 months 
after the date of enactment of the Technology Innovation 
and Manufacturing Stimulation Act of 2007, the Director 
shall issue regulations— 
‘‘(1) establishing criteria for the selection of re-
cipients of assistance under this section; 
‘‘(2) establishing procedures regarding financial 
reporting and auditing to ensure that contracts and 
awards are used for the purposes specified in this sec-
tion, are in accordance with sound accounting prac-
tices, and are not funding existing or planned re-
search programs that would be conducted in the same 
time period in the absence of financial assistance 
under this section; and 
‘‘(3) providing for appropriate dissemination of 
Technology Innovation Program research results. 
‘‘(g) CONTINUATION OF ATP GRANTS.—The Director 
shall, through the Technology Innovation Program, con-
tinue to provide support originally awarded under the Ad-
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vanced Technology Program, in accordance with the terms 
of the original award. 
‘‘(h) COORDINATION WITH OTHER FEDERAL TECH-
NOLOGY PROGRAMS.—In carrying out this section, the Di-
rector shall, as appropriate, coordinate with other senior 
Federal officials to ensure cooperation and coordination in 
Federal technology programs and to avoid unnecessary du-
plication of efforts. 
‘‘(i) ACCEPTANCE OF FUNDS FROM OTHER FEDERAL 
AGENCIES.—In addition to amounts appropriated to carry 
out this section, the Secretary and the Director may accept 
funds from other Federal agencies to support awards under 
the Technology Innovation Program. Any award under this 
section which is supported with funds from other Federal 
agencies shall be selected and carried out according to the 
provisions of this section. 
‘‘(j) TIP ADVISORY BOARD.— 
‘‘(1) 
ESTABLISHMENT.—There 
is 
established 
within the Institute a Technology Innovation Pro-
gram Advisory Board. The TIP Advisory Board shall 
consist of 10 members appointed by the Director, at 
least 7 of which shall be from United States industry, 
chosen to reflect the wide diversity of technical dis-
ciplines and industrial sectors represented in Tech-
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nology Innovation Program projects. No member shall 
be an employee of the Federal Government. 
‘‘(2) TERMS OF OFFICE.—(A) Except as provided 
in subparagraph (B) or (C), the term of office of each 
member of the TIP Advisory Board shall be 3 years. 
‘‘(B) The original members of the TIP Advisory 
Board shall be appointed to 3 classes. One class of 3 
members shall have an initial term of 1 year, one 
class of 3 members shall have an initial term of 2 
years, and one class of 4 members shall have an ini-
tial term of 3 years. 
‘‘(C) Any member appointed to fill a vacancy oc-
curring prior to the expiration of the term for which 
his predecessor was appointed shall be appointed for 
the remainder of such term. 
‘‘(D) Any person who has completed two consecu-
tive full terms of service on the TIP Advisory Board 
shall thereafter be ineligible for appointment during 
the one-year period following the expiration of the sec-
ond such term. 
‘‘(3) PURPOSE.—The TIP Advisory Board shall 
meet no less than 2 times annually, and provide to 
the Director— 
‘‘(A) advice on programs, plans, and poli-
cies of the Technology Innovation Program; 
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‘‘(B) reviews of the Technology Innovation 
Program’s efforts to assess its economic impact; 
‘‘(C) reports on the general health of the 
program and its effectiveness in achieving its 
legislatively mandated mission; 
‘‘(D) guidance on areas of technology that 
are appropriate for Technology Innovation Pro-
gram funding; and 
‘‘(E) recommendations as to whether, in 
order to better assess whether specific innovations 
to be pursued are being adequately supported by 
the private sector, the Director could benefit from 
advice and information from additional industry 
and other expert sources without a proprietary 
or financial interest in proposals being evalu-
ated. 
‘‘(4) ADVISORY
CAPACITY.—In discharging its 
duties under this subsection, the TIP Advisory Board 
shall function solely in an advisory capacity, in ac-
cordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act. 
‘‘(5) ANNUAL
REPORT.—The TIP Advisory 
Board shall transmit an annual report to the Sec-
retary for transmittal to the Congress within 30 days 
after the submission to Congress of the President’s an-
nual budget request in each year. Such report shall 
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address the status of the Technology Innovation Pro-
gram and comment on the relevant sections of the 
programmatic planning document and updates there-
to transmitted to the Congress by the Director under 
section 23(c) and (d). 
‘‘(k) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section— 
‘‘(1) the term ‘eligible company’ means a com-
pany that is incorporated in the United States and 
does a majority of its business in the United States, 
and that either— 
‘‘(A) is majority owned by citizens of the 
United States; or 
‘‘(B) is owned by a parent company incor-
porated in another country and the Director 
finds that— 
‘‘(i) the company’s participation in the 
Technology Innovation Program would be 
in the economic interest of the United 
States, as evidenced by— 
‘‘(I) investments in the United 
States in research and manufacturing 
(including the manufacture of major 
components or subassemblies in the 
United States); 
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‘‘(II) significant contributions to 
employment in the United States; and 
‘‘(III) agreement with respect to 
any technology arising from assistance 
provided under this section to promote 
the manufacture within the United 
States of products resulting from that 
technology (taking into account the 
goals of promoting the competitiveness 
of United States industry); and 
‘‘(ii) the company is incorporated in a 
country which— 
‘‘(I) affords to United States- 
owned companies opportunities, com-
parable to those afforded to any other 
company, to participate in any joint 
venture similar to those receiving fund-
ing under this section; 
‘‘(II) affords to United States- 
owned companies local investment op-
portunities comparable to those af-
forded any other company; and 
‘‘(III) affords adequate and effec-
tive protection for the intellectual 
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property rights of United States-owned 
companies; 
‘‘(2) the term ‘institution of higher education’ 
has the meaning given that term in section 101 of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001); 
‘‘(3) the term ‘joint venture’ means a joint ven-
ture that— 
‘‘(A) includes either— 
‘‘(i) at least 2 separately owned for- 
profit companies that are both substantially 
involved in the project and both of which 
are contributing to the cost-sharing required 
under this section, with the lead entity of 
the joint venture being one of those compa-
nies that is a small or medium-sized busi-
ness; or 
‘‘(ii) at least one small or medium- 
sized business and one institution of higher 
education or other organization, such as a 
national laboratory or nonprofit research 
institute, that are both substantially in-
volved in the project and both of which are 
contributing to the cost-sharing required 
under this section, with the lead entity of 
the joint venture being either that small or 
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medium-sized business or that institution of 
higher education; and 
‘‘(B) may include additional for-profit com-
panies, institutions of higher education, and 
other organizations, such as national labora-
tories and nonprofit research institutes, that 
may or may not contribute non-Federal funds to 
the project; and 
‘‘(4) the term ‘TIP Advisory Board’ means the 
advisory board established under subsection (j).’’. 
SEC. 205. RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS. 
Section 18 of the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278g–l) is amended by striking 
‘‘up to 1 per centum of the’’ and inserting ‘‘up to 1.5 per-
cent of the’’. 
SEC. 206. COLLABORATIVE MANUFACTURING RESEARCH 
PILOT GRANTS. 
The National Institute of Standards and Technology 
Act is amended— 
(1) by redesignating the first section 32 (15 
U.S.C. 271 note) as section 34 and moving it to the 
end of the Act; and 
(2) by inserting before the section moved by 
paragraph (1) the following new section: 
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‘‘SEC. 33. COLLABORATIVE MANUFACTURING RESEARCH 
PILOT GRANTS. 
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Director shall estab-
lish a pilot program of awards to partnerships among 
participants described in paragraph (2) for the pur-
poses described in paragraph (3). Awards shall be 
made on a peer-reviewed, competitive basis. 
‘‘(2) PARTICIPANTS.—Such partnerships shall 
include at least— 
‘‘(A) 1 manufacturing industry partner; 
and 
‘‘(B) 1 nonindustry partner. 
‘‘(3) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the program 
under this section is to foster cost-shared collabora-
tions among firms, educational institutions, research 
institutions, State agencies, and nonprofit organiza-
tions to encourage the development of innovative, 
multidisciplinary manufacturing technologies. Part-
nerships receiving awards under this section shall 
conduct applied research to develop new manufac-
turing processes, techniques, or materials that would 
contribute to improved performance, productivity, 
and competitiveness of United States manufacturing, 
and build lasting alliances among collaborators. 
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‘‘(b) PROGRAM CONTRIBUTION.—Awards under this 
section shall provide for not more than one-third of the costs 
of a partnership. Not more than an additional one-third 
of such costs may be obtained directly or indirectly from 
other Federal sources. 
‘‘(c) APPLICATIONS.—Applications for awards under 
this section shall be submitted in such manner, at such 
time, and containing such information as the Director shall 
require. Such applications shall describe at a minimum— 
‘‘(1) how each partner will participate in devel-
oping and carrying out the research agenda of the 
partnership; 
‘‘(2) the research that the grant would fund; and 
‘‘(3) how the research to be funded with the 
award would contribute to improved performance, 
productivity, and competitiveness of the United States 
manufacturing industry. 
‘‘(d) SELECTION CRITERIA.—In selecting applications 
for awards under this section, the Director shall consider 
at a minimum— 
‘‘(1) the degree to which projects will have a 
broad impact on manufacturing; 
‘‘(2) the novelty and scientific and technical 
merit of the proposed projects; and 
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‘‘(3) the demonstrated capabilities of the appli-
cants to successfully carry out the proposed research. 
‘‘(e) DISTRIBUTION.—In selecting applications under 
this section the Director shall ensure, to the extent prac-
ticable, a distribution of overall awards among a variety 
of manufacturing industry sectors and a range of firm sizes. 
‘‘(f) DURATION.—In carrying out this section, the Di-
rector shall run a single pilot competition to solicit and 
make awards. Each award shall be for a 3-year period.’’. 
SEC. 207. MANUFACTURING FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM. 
Section 18 of the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278g–1) is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—’’ before 
‘‘The Director is authorized’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(b) MANUFACTURING FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—To promote the develop-
ment of a robust research community working at the 
leading edge of manufacturing sciences, the Director 
shall establish a program to award— 
‘‘(A) postdoctoral research fellowships at the 
Institute for research activities related to manu-
facturing sciences; and 
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‘‘(B) senior research fellowships to estab-
lished researchers in industry or at institutions 
of higher education who wish to pursue studies 
related to the manufacturing sciences at the In-
stitute. 
‘‘(2) APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible for an award 
under this subsection, an individual shall submit an 
application to the Director at such time, in such 
manner, and containing such information as the Di-
rector may require. 
‘‘(3) STIPEND LEVELS.—Under this subsection, 
the Director shall provide stipends for postdoctoral re-
search fellowships at a level consistent with the Na-
tional 
Institute 
of 
Standards 
and 
Technology 
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program, and sen-
ior research fellowships at levels consistent with sup-
port for a faculty member in a sabbatical position.’’. 
SEC. 208. MEETINGS OF VISITING COMMITTEE ON AD-
VANCED TECHNOLOGY. 
Section 10(d) of the National Institute of Standards 
and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278(d)) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘quarterly’’ and inserting ‘‘twice each year’’. 
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TITLE III—MISCELLANEOUS 
SEC. 301. POST-DOCTORAL FELLOWS. 
Section 19 of the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278g–2) is amended by striking 
‘‘nor more than 60 new fellows’’ and inserting ‘‘nor more 
than 120 new fellows’’. 
SEC. 302. FINANCIAL AGREEMENTS CLARIFICATION. 
Section 2(b)(4) of the National Institute of Standards 
and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 272(b)(4)) is amended by 
inserting ‘‘and grants and cooperative agreements,’’ after 
‘‘arrangements,’’. 
SEC. 303. WORKING CAPITAL FUND TRANSFERS. 
Section 12 of the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278b) is amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘(g) AMOUNT AND SOURCE OF TRANSFERS.—Not more 
than one-quarter of one percent of the amounts appro-
priated to the Institute for any fiscal year may be trans-
ferred to the fund, in addition to any other transfer author-
ity. In addition, funds provided to the Institute from other 
Federal agencies for the purpose of production of Standard 
Reference Materials may be transferred to the fund.’’. 
SEC. 304. RETENTION OF DEPRECIATION SURCHARGE. 
Section 14 of the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278d) is amended— 
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(1) by inserting ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—’’ before 
‘‘Within’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(b) RETENTION OF FEES.—The Director is author-
ized to retain all building use and depreciation surcharge 
fees collected pursuant to OMB Circular A–25. Such fees 
shall be collected and credited to the Construction of Re-
search Facilities Appropriation Account for use in mainte-
nance and repair of the Institute’s existing facilities.’’. 
SEC. 305. NON-ENERGY INVENTIONS PROGRAM. 
Section 27 of the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278m) is repealed. 
SEC. 306. REDEFINITION OF THE METRIC SYSTEM. 
Section 3570 of the Revised Statues of the United 
States (derived from section 2 of the Act of July 28, 1866, 
entitled ‘‘An Act to authorize the Use of the Metric System 
of Weights and Measures’’ (15 U.S.C. 205; 14 Stat. 339)) 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 3570. METRIC SYSTEM DEFINED. 
‘‘The metric system of measurement shall be defined 
as the International System of Units as established in 1960, 
and subsequently maintained, by the General Conference of 
Weights and Measures, and as interpreted or modified for 
the United States by the Secretary of Commerce.’’. 
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SEC. 307. REPEAL OF REDUNDANT AND OBSOLETE AUTHOR-
ITY. 
The Act of July 21, 1950, entitled ‘‘An Act To redefine 
the units and establish the standards of electrical and photo-
metric measurements’’ (15 U.S.C. 223 and 224) is repealed. 
SEC. 308. CLARIFICATION OF STANDARD TIME AND TIME 
ZONES. 
(a) Section 1 of the Act of March 19, 1918, (commonly 
known as the ‘‘Calder Act’’) (15 U.S.C. 261) is amended— 
(1) by striking the second sentence and the extra 
period after it and inserting ‘‘Except as provided in 
section 3(a) of the Uniform Time Act of 1966 (15 
U.S.C. 260a), the standard time of the first zone shall 
be Coordinated Universal Time retarded by 4 hours; 
that of the second zone retarded by 5 hours; that of 
the third zone retarded by 6 hours; that of the four 
zone retarded by 7 hours; that of the fifth zone re-
tarded by 8 hours; that of the sixth zone retarded by 
9 hours; that of the seventh zone retarded by 10 hours; 
that of the eighth zone retarded by 11 hours; and that 
of the ninth zone shall be Coordinated Universal Time 
advanced by 10 hours.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘In this 
section, the term ‘Coordinated Universal Time’ means 
the time scale maintained through the General Con-
ference of Weights and Measures and interpreted or 
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modified for the United States by the Secretary of 
Commerce in coordination with the Secretary of the 
Navy.’’ 
(b) Section 3 of the Act of March 19, 1918, (commonly 
known as the ‘‘Calder Act’’) (15 U.S.C. 264) is amended 
by striking ‘‘third zone’’ and inserting ‘‘fourth zone’’. 
SEC. 309. PROCUREMENT OF TEMPORARY AND INTERMIT-
TENT SERVICES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the National Insti-
tute of Standards and Technology may procure the tem-
porary or intermittent services of experts or consultants (or 
organizations thereof) in accordance with section 3109(b) 
of title 5, United States Code to assist on urgent or short- 
term research projects. 
(b) EXTENT OF AUTHORITY.—A procurement under 
this section may not exceed 1 year in duration, and the 
Director shall procure no more than 200 experts and con-
sultants per year. 
(c) SUNSET.—This section shall cease to be effective 
after September 30, 2010. 
(d) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 2 years 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller Gen-
eral shall report to the Committee on Science and Tech-
nology of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate 
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on whether additional safeguards would be needed with re-
spect to the use of authorities granted under this section 
if such authorities were to be made permanent. 
SEC. 310. MALCOLM BALDRIGE AWARDS. 
Section 17(c)(3) of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology 
Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3711a(c)(3)) is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(3) In any year, not more than 18 awards may be 
made under this section to recipients who have not pre-
viously received an award under this section, and no award 
shall be made within any category described in paragraph 
(1) if there are no qualifying enterprises in that category.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 69 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1868 
[Report No. 110–115] 
A BILL 
To authorize appropriations for the National Insti-
tute of Standards and Technology for fiscal years 
2008, 2009, and 2010, and for other purposes. 
APRIL 30, 2007 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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