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[CITE: 29USC3032]

 
                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
   CHAPTER 31--ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES
 
                   SUBCHAPTER II--NATIONAL ACTIVITIES
 
Sec. 3032. Technology transfer and universal design


(a) In general

    The Director of the National Institute on Disability and 
Rehabilitation Research may collaborate with the Federal Laboratory 
Consortium for Technology Transfer established under section 11(e) of 
the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 
3710(e)), to promote technology transfer that will further development 
of assistive technology and products that incorporate the principles of 
universal design.

(b) Collaboration

    In promoting the technology transfer, the Director and the 
Consortium described in subsection (a) of this section may collaborate--
        (1) to enable the National Institute on Disability and 
    Rehabilitation Research to work more effectively with the 
    Consortium, and to enable the Consortium to fulfill the 
    responsibilities of the Consortium to assist Federal agencies with 
    technology transfer under the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation 
    Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3701 et seq);
        (2) to increase the awareness of staff members of the Federal 
    Laboratories regarding assistive technology issues and the 
    principles of universal design;
        (3) to compile a compendium of current and projected Federal 
    Laboratory technologies and projects that have or will have an 
    intended or recognized impact on the available range of assistive 
    technology for individuals with disabilities, including technologies 
    and projects that incorporate the principles of universal design, as 
    appropriate;
        (4) to develop strategies for applying developments in assistive 
    technology and universal design to mainstream technology, to improve 
    economies of scale and commercial incentives for assistive 
    technology; and
        (5) to cultivate developments in assistive technology and 
    universal design through demonstration projects and evaluations, 
    conducted with assistive technology professionals and potential 
    users of assistive technology.

(c) Grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements

    The Secretary may make grants to or enter into contracts or 
cooperative agreements with commercial, nonprofit, or other 
organizations, including institutions of higher education, to facilitate 
interaction with the Consortium to achieve the objectives of this 
section.

(Pub. L. 105-394, title II, Sec. 212, Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3654.)

                       References in Text

    The Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980, referred to 
in subsec. (b)(1), is Pub. L. 96-480, Oct. 21, 1980, 94 Stat. 2311, as 
amended, which is classified generally to chapter 63 (Sec. 3701 et seq.) 
of Title 15, Commerce and Trade. For complete classification of this Act 
to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 3701 of Title 15 
and Tables.

                          Codification

    Section is comprised of section 212 of Pub. L. 105-394. Subsec. (d) 
of section 212 of Pub. L. 105-394 amended section 3710 of Title 15, 
Commerce and Trade.
