§ 3715. — Use of partnership intermediaries.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC3715]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 63--TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION
Sec. 3715. Use of partnership intermediaries
(a) Authority
Subject to the approval of the Secretary or head of the affected
department or agency, the Director of a Federal laboratory, or in the
case of a federally funded research and development center that is not a
laboratory (as defined in section 3710a(d)(2) of this title), the
Federal employee who is the contract officer, may--
(1) enter into a contract or memorandum of understanding with a
partnership intermediary that provides for the partnership
intermediary to perform services for the Federal laboratory that
increase the likelihood of success in the conduct of cooperative or
joint activities of such Federal laboratory with small business
firms, institutions of higher education as defined in section
1141(a) \1\ of title 20, or educational institutions within the
meaning of section 2194 of title 10; and
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(2) pay the Federal costs of such contract or memorandum of
understanding out of funds available for the support of the
technology transfer function pursuant to section 3710(b) of this
title.
(b) Omitted
(c) ``Partnership intermediary'' defined
For purposes of this section, the term ``partnership intermediary''
means an agency of a State or local government, or a nonprofit entity
owned in whole or in part by, chartered by, funded in whole or in part
by, or operated in whole or in part by or on behalf of a State or local
government, that assists, counsels, advises, evaluates, or otherwise
cooperates with small business firms, institutions of higher education
as defined in section 1141(a) \1\ of title 20, or educational
institutions within the meaning of section 2194 of title 10, that need
or can make demonstrably productive use of technology-related assistance
from a Federal laboratory, including State programs receiving funds
under cooperative agreements entered into under section 5121(b) of the
Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 278l note).
(Pub. L. 96-480, Sec. 23, formerly Sec. 21, as added Pub. L. 101-510,
div. A, title VIII, Sec. 827(a), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1606; amended
Pub. L. 102-190, div. A, title VIII, Sec. 836, Dec. 5, 1991, 105 Stat.
1448; renumbered Sec. 23, Pub. L. 102-240, title VI, Sec. 6019, Dec. 18,
1991, 105 Stat. 2183; Pub. L. 106-404, Sec. 9, Nov. 1, 2000, 114 Stat.
1747.)
References in Text
Section 1141(a) of title 20, referred to in subsecs. (a)(1) and (c),
was repealed by Pub. L. 105-244, Sec. 3, title I, Sec. 101(b), title
VII, Sec. 702, Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1585, 1616, 1803, effective Oct.
1, 1998. However, the term ``institution of higher education'' is
defined in section 1001 of Title 20, Education.
Codification
Subsec. (b) of this section, which required the Secretary to include
in each triennial report required under section 3704d of this title a
discussion and evaluation of activities carried out pursuant to this
section, was omitted because of the termination of the triennial
reporting requirement. See Codification note set out after section 3704a
of this title.
Amendments
2000--Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 106-404, Sec. 9(1), inserted ``,
institutions of higher education as defined in section 1141(a) of title
20, or educational institutions within the meaning of section 2194 of
title 10'' after ``small business firms''.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 106-404, Sec. 9(2), inserted ``, institutions
of higher education as defined in section 1141(a) of title 20, or
educational institutions within the meaning of section 2194 of title
10,'' after ``small business firms''.
1991--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102-190 inserted ``that is not a
laboratory (as defined in section 3710a(d)(2) of this title)'' after
``center'' in introductory provisions.
