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[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.
