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[CITE: 15USC5207]

 
                      TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
 
            CHAPTER 78--SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND COMPETITIVENESS
 
Sec. 5207. Department of Defense


(a) Focus of research

    In conformance with the Superconductivity Action Plan, the Secretary 
of Defense, in the superconductivity research and development activities 
of the Department of Defense, shall give emphasis to fundamental 
research, materials processing, and applications of new superconducting 
materials.

(b) Additional activities

    In conducting research under subsection (a) of this section, the 
Secretary of Defense shall--
        (1) systematically define the engineering parameters for high-
    temperature superconducting materials; and
        (2) conduct the necessary development, engineering, and 
    operational prototype testing considered appropriate to the overall 
    mission of the Department of Defense. Such operational prototype 
    testing shall, where appropriate, utilize criteria developed by the 
    Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.

(c) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

    The Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency shall, 
in conformance with the Superconductivity Action Plan, conduct 
activities to--
        (1) augment, as appropriate, basic and applied superconductivity 
    research conducted in other Federal agencies and industry; and
        (2) develop criteria for operational prototype testing within 
    the Department of Defense.

(Pub. L. 100-697, Sec. 8, Nov. 19, 1988, 102 Stat. 4615.)
