§ 278i. — Reports to Congress.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC278i]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 7--NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY
Sec. 278i. Reports to Congress
(a) The Director shall keep the Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Science, Space, and
Technology of the House of Representatives fully and currently informed
with regard to all of the activities of the Institute.
(b) The Director shall justify in writing all changes in policies
regarding fees for standard reference materials and calibration services
occurring after June 30, 1987, including a description of the
anticipated impact of any proposed changes on demand for and anticipated
revenues from the materials and services. Changes in policy and fees
shall not be effective unless and until the Director has submitted the
proposed schedule and justification to the Congress and 30 days on which
both Houses of Congress are in session have elapsed since such
submission, except that the requirement of this sentence shall not apply
with respect to adjustments which are based solely on changes in the
costs of raw materials or of producing and delivering standard reference
materials or calibration services.
(Mar. 3, 1901, ch. 872, Sec. 23, as added Pub. L. 100-418, title V,
Sec. 5114(2), Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1432.)
Change of Name
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of House of
Representatives treated as referring to Committee on Science of House of
Representatives by section 1(a) of Pub. L. 104-14, set out as a note
preceding section 21 of Title 2, The Congress.
