§ 4627. — Costsharing agreements.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC4627]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 72--SEMICONDUCTOR RESEARCH
SUBCHAPTER II--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH
EXCELLENCE INITIATIVE
Sec. 4627. Cost-sharing agreements
(a) Permitted provisions
The director of each national laboratory of the Department of Energy
that is participating in the Initiative or the contractor operating any
such national laboratory, in carrying out programs under a contract with
the Department of Energy, may include in any research and development
agreement entered into with a domestic firm in connection with such
Initiative a cooperative provision for the domestic firm to pay a
portion of the cost of the research and development activities.
(b) Limitations
(1) Not more than an amount equal to 1 percent of any national
laboratory's annual budget shall be received from nonappropriated funds
derived from contracts entered into under the Initiative in any fiscal
year, except to the extent approved in advance by the Secretary of
Energy.
(2) No Department of Energy national laboratory may receive more
than $10,000,000 of nonappropriated funds under any cooperative research
and development agreement entered into under this subsection in
connection with the Initiative, except to the extent approved in advance
by the Secretary of Energy.
(Pub. L. 100-180, div. C, title I, Sec. 3147, Dec. 4, 1987, 101 Stat.
1244.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 4628 of this title.
