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(B) by striking ‘‘the payment of royalties
to inventors’’ in the first sentence thereof and
inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘payments to inven-
tors’’;
(C) by striking ‘‘clause (i) of paragraph
(1)(B)’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘clause
(iv) of paragraph (1)(B)’’;
(D) by striking ‘‘payment of the royalties,’’
in the second sentence thereof and inserting in
lieu thereof ‘‘offsetting the payments to inven-
tors,’’; and
(E) by striking ‘‘clauses (i) through (iv)
of’’; and
(5) by amending paragraph (1) of subsection
(b) to read as follows:
‘‘(1) by a contractor, grantee, or participant, or
an employee of a contractor, grantee, or participant,
in an agreement or other arrangement with the
agency, or’’.
SEC. 6. EMPLOYEE ACTIVITIES.
Section 15(a) of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology
Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3710d(a)) is amend-
ed—
(1) by striking ‘‘the right of ownership to an in-
vention under this Act’’ and inserting in lieu thereof
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‘‘ownership of or the right of ownership to an inven-
tion made by a Federal employee’’; and
(2) by inserting ‘‘obtain or’’ after ‘‘the Govern-
ment, to’’.
SEC. 7. AMENDMENT TO BAYH–DOLE ACT.
Section 210(e) of title 35, United States Code, is
amended by striking ‘‘, as amended by the Federal Tech-
nology Transfer Act of 1986,’’.
SEC. 8. NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECH-
NOLOGY ACT AMENDMENTS.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology
Act (15 U.S.C. 271 et seq.) is amended—
(1) in section 10(a)—
(A) by striking ‘‘nine’’ and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘15’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘five’’ and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘10’’;
(2) in section 15—
(A) by striking ‘‘Pay Act of 1945; and’’
and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Pay Act of
1945;’’; and
(B) by inserting ‘‘; and (h) the provision of
transportation services for employees of the In-
stitute between the facilities of the Institute
and nearby public transportation, notwithstand-
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ing section 1344 of title 31, United States
Code’’ after ‘‘interests of the Government’’; and
(3) in section 19—
(A) by inserting ‘‘, subject to the availabil-
ity of appropriations,’’ after ‘‘post-doctoral fel-
lowship program’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘nor more than forty’’ and
inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘nor more than 60’’.
SEC. 9. RESEARCH EQUIPMENT.
Section 11(i) of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology In-
novation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3710(i)) is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘loan, lease,’’ after ‘‘depart-
ment, may’’; and
(2) by inserting ‘‘Actions taken under this sub-
section shall not be subject to Federal requirements
on the disposal of property.’’ after ‘‘education and
research activities.’’.
SEC. 10. PERSONNEL.
The personnel management demonstration project es-
tablished under section 10 of the National Bureau of
Standards Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1987 (15
U.S.C. 275 note) is extended indefinitely.
SEC. 11. FASTENER QUALITY ACT AMENDMENTS.
(a) SECTION 2 AMENDMENTS.—Section 2 of the Fas-
tener Quality Act (15 U.S.C. 5401) is amended—
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(1) by striking subsection (a)(4), and redesig-
nating paragraphs (5) through (9) as paragraphs
(4) through (8), respectively;
(2) in subsection (a)(7), as so redesignated by
paragraph (1) of this subsection, by striking ‘‘by lot
number’’; and
(3) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘used in criti-
cal applications’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘in
commerce’’.
(b) SECTION 3 AMENDMENTS.—Section 3 of the Fas-
tener Quality Act (15 U.S.C. 5402) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)(B) by striking ‘‘having a
minimum tensile strength of 150,000 pounds per
square inch’’;
(2) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘consensus’’
after ‘‘or any other’’;
(3) in paragraph (5)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘or’’ after ‘‘standard or
specification,’’ in subparagraph (B);
(B) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (C);
(C) by striking subparagraph (D); and
(D) by inserting ‘‘or produced in accord-
ance with ASTM F 432’’ after ‘‘307 Grade A’’;