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[CITE: 42USC13506]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                       CHAPTER 134--ENERGY POLICY
 
                SUBCHAPTER X--ENERGY AND ECONOMIC GROWTH
 
Sec. 13506. Definitions

    For purposes of this subchapter--
        (1) the term ``advanced manufacturing technology'' means 
    processes, equipment, techniques, practices, and capabilities that 
    are applied for the purpose of--
            (A) improving the productivity, quality, or energy 
        efficiency of the design, development, testing, or manufacture 
        of a product; or
            (B) expanding the technical capability to design, develop, 
        test, or manufacture a product that is fundamentally different 
        in character from existing products and that will result in 
        improved energy efficiency;

        (2) the term ``advanced materials'' means materials that are 
    processed, synthesized, fabricated, and manufactured to develop high 
    performance properties that exceed the corresponding properties of 
    conventional materials for structural, electronic, magnetic, or 
    photonic applications, or for joining, welding, bonding, or 
    packaging components into complex assemblies, including--
            (A) advanced monolithic materials such as metals, ceramics, 
        and polymers;
            (B) advanced composite materials such as metal matrix 
        (including intermetallics), polymer matrix, ceramic matrix, 
        continuous fiber ceramic composite, and carbon matrix 
        composites; and
            (C) advanced electronic, magnetic, and photonic materials, 
        including superconducting, semiconductor, electrooptic, 
        magnetooptic, thin-film, and special purpose coating materials 
        used in technologies for energy efficiency, renewable energy, or 
        electric power applications; and

        (3) the term ``United States'' means the 50 States of the United 
    States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, 
    the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, the Northern Mariana 
    Islands, and any other territory or possession of the United States.

(Pub. L. 102-486, title XXII, Sec. 2206, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 3091.)
