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poser disposes of the batteries in accordance with
applicable law.
SEC. 928. NEXT GENERATION LIGHTING INITIATIVE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry out a
Next Generation Lighting Initiative in accordance with
this section to support research, development, demonstra-
tion, and commercial application activities related to ad-
vanced solid-state lighting technologies based on white
light emitting diodes.
(b) OBJECTIVES.—The objectives of the initiative
shall be to develop advanced solid-state organic and inor-
ganic lighting technologies based on white light emitting
diodes that, compared to incandescent and fluorescent
lighting technologies, are longer lasting; more energy-effi-
cient; and cost-competitive, and have less environmental
impact.
(c) INDUSTRY ALLIANCE.—The Secretary shall, not
later than 3 months after the date of enactment of this
section, competitively select an Industry Alliance to rep-
resent participants that are private, for-profit firms which,
as a group, are broadly representative of United States
solid state lighting research, development, infrastructure,
and manufacturing expertise as a whole.
(d) RESEARCH.—
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(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry
out the research activities of the Next Generation
Lighting Initiative through competitively awarded
grants to researchers, including Industry Alliance
participants, National Laboratories, and institutions
of higher education.
(2) ASSISTANCE
FROM
THE
INDUSTRY
ALLI-
ANCE.—The Secretary shall annually solicit from the
Industry Alliance—
(A) comments to identify solid-state light-
ing technology needs;
(B) assessment of the progress of the Ini-
tiative’s research activities; and
(C) assistance in annually updating solid-
state lighting technology roadmaps.
(3) AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION AND ROAD-
MAPS.—The information and roadmaps under para-
graph (2) shall be available to the public and public
response shall be solicited by the Secretary.
(e) DEVELOPMENT, DEMONSTRATION, AND COMMER-
CIAL APPLICATION.—The Secretary shall carry out a de-
velopment, demonstration, and commercial application
program for the Next Generation Lighting Initiative
through competitively selected awards. The Secretary may
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give preference to participants of the Industry Alliance se-
lected pursuant to subsection (c).
(f) INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY.—The Secretary may
require, in accordance with the authorities provided in sec-
tion 202(a)(ii) of title 35, United States Code, section 152
of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2182), and
section 9 of the Federal Nonnuclear Energy Research and
Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5908), that—
(1) for any new invention resulting from activi-
ties under subsection (d)—
(A) the Industry Alliance members that
are active participants in research, development,
and demonstration activities related to the ad-
vanced solid-state lighting technologies that are
the subject of this section shall be granted first
option to negotiate with the invention owner
nonexclusive licenses and royalties for uses of
the invention related to solid-state lighting on
terms that are reasonable under the cir-
cumstances; and
(B)(i) for 1 year after a United States pat-
ent is issued for the invention, the patent hold-
er shall not negotiate any license or royalty
with any entity that is not a participant in the