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[CITE: 42USC1883]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                 CHAPTER 16--NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
 
Sec. 1883. Office of Small Business Research and Development

    The National Science Foundation is authorized and directed to 
establish an Office of Small Business Research and Development. The 
Foundation through the Office of Small Business Research and Development 
and in cooperation and consultation with the Small Business 
Administration shall--
        (1) foster communication between the National Science Foundation 
    and the small business community, and insure that the set-aside for 
    small business concerns provided under this Act or any other Act 
    authorizing appropriations for the National Science Foundation is 
    fully and effectively utilized;
        (2) collect, analyze, compile, and publish information 
    concerning grants and contracts awarded to small business concerns 
    by the Foundation, and the procedures for handling proposals 
    submitted by small business concerns;
        (3) assist individual small business concerns in obtaining 
    information regarding programs, policies, and procedures of the 
    Foundation, and assure the expeditious processing of proposals by 
    small business concerns based on scientific and technical merit; and
        (4) recommend to the Director and to the National Science Board 
    such changes in the procedures and practices of the Foundation as 
    may be required to enable the Foundation to draw fully on the 
    resources of the small business research and development community.

(Pub. L. 94-471, Sec. 8, Oct. 11, 1976, 90 Stat. 2057; Pub. L. 99-386, 
title I, Sec. 108, Aug. 22, 1986, 100 Stat. 822.)

                       References in Text

    This Act, referred to in par. (1), is Pub. L. 94-471, Oct. 11, 1976, 
90 Stat. 2053, known as the National Science Foundation Authorization 
Act, 1977, which, insofar as classified to the Code, enacted sections 
1882 and 1883 of this title, amended section 1863 of this title, and 
enacted provisions set out as notes under sections 1862, 1864, 1873, and 
5820 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, 
see Short Title of 1976 Amendment note set out under section 1861 of 
this title and Tables.

                          Codification

    Section was enacted as part of the National Science Foundation 
Authorization Act, 1977, and not as part of the National Science 
Foundation Act of 1950 which comprises this chapter.


                               Amendments

    1986--Par. (5). Pub. L. 99-386 struck out par. (5) which related to 
quarterly reports to Congress concerning activities of Office of Small 
Business Research and Development.
