§ 1352. — Definitions.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC1352]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 37--STATE TECHNICAL SERVICES
Sec. 1352. Definitions
For the purposes of this chapter--
(a) ``Technical services'' means activities or programs designed to
enable businesses, commerce, and industrial establishments to acquire
and use scientific and engineering information more effectively through
such means as--
(1) preparing and disseminating technical reports, abstracts,
computer tapes, microfilm, reviews, and similar scientific or
engineering information, including the establishment of State or
interstate technical information centers for this purpose;
(2) providing a reference service to identify sources of
engineering and other scientific expertise; and
(3) sponsoring industrial workshops, seminars, training
programs, extension courses, demonstrations, and field visits
designed to encourage the more effective application of scientific
and engineering information.
(b) ``Designated agency'' means the institution or agency which has
been designated as administrator of the program for any State or States
under section 1353 or 1357 of this title.
(c) ``Qualified institution'' means (1) an institution of higher
learning with a program leading to a degree in science, engineering, or
business administration which is accredited by a nationally recognized
accrediting agency or association to be listed by the Secretary of
Education, or such an institution which is listed separately after
evaluation by the Secretary of Education pursuant to this subsection; or
(2) a State agency or a private, nonprofit institution which meets
criteria of competence established by the Secretary of Commerce and
published in the Federal Register. For the purpose of this subsection
the Secretary of Education shall publish a list of nationally recognized
accrediting agencies or associations which he determines to be reliable
authority as to the quality of science, engineering, or business
education or training offered. When the Secretary of Education
determines that there is no nationally recognized accrediting agency or
association qualified to accredit such programs he shall publish a list
of institutions he finds qualified after prior evaluation by an advisory
committee, composed of persons he determines to be specially qualified
to evaluate the training provided under such programs.
(d) ``Participating institution'' means each qualified institution
in a State, which participates in the administration or execution of the
State technical services program as provided by this chapter.
(e) ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Commerce.
(f) ``State'' means one of the States of the United States, the
District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam or the
Virgin Islands.
(g) ``Governor'', in the case of the District of Columbia, means the
Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia.
(Pub. L. 89-182, Sec. 2, Sept. 14, 1965, 79 Stat. 679; Pub. L. 89-771,
Nov. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 1322; Pub. L. 96-88, title III, Sec. 301(a)(1),
title V, Sec. 507, Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 677, 692.)
Amendments
1966--Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 89-771 included Guam within definition of
``State''.
Transfer of Functions
``Secretary of Education'' substituted for ``United States
Commissioner of Education'' and ``Commissioner'' in subsec. (c) pursuant
to sections 301(a)(1) and 507 of Pub. L. 96-88, which are classified to
sections 3441(a)(1) and 3507 of Title 20, Education, and which
transferred all functions of Commissioner of Education to Secretary of
Education.
Except as otherwise provided in Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1967, eff. Aug.
11, 1967 (in part), 32 F.R. 11669, 81 Stat. 948, functions of Board of
Commissioners of District of Columbia transferred to Commissioner of
District of Columbia by section 401 of Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1967. Office
of Commissioner of District of Columbia, as established by Reorg. Plan
No. 3 of 1967, abolished as of noon Jan. 2, 1975, by Pub. L. 93-198,
title VII, Sec. 711, Dec. 24, 1973, 87 Stat. 818, and replaced by office
of Mayor of District of Columbia by section 421 of Pub. L. 93-198.
