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[CITE: 42USC5913]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
         CHAPTER 74--NONNUCLEAR ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
 
Sec. 5913. Evaluation by National Institute of Standards and 
        Technology of energy-related inventions prior to awarding of 
        grants by Secretary; promulgation of regulations
        
    The National Institute of Standards and Technology shall give 
particular attention to the evaluation of all promising energy-related 
inventions, particularly those submitted by individual inventors and 
small companies for the purpose of obtaining direct grants from the 
Secretary. The National Institute of Standards and Technology is 
authorized to promulgate regulations in the furtherance of this section.

(Pub. L. 93-577, Sec. 14, Dec. 31, 1974, 88 Stat. 1894; Pub. L. 95-91, 
title III, Sec. 301(a), title VII, Secs. 703, 707, Aug. 4, 1977, 91 
Stat. 577, 606, 607; Pub. L. 100-418, title V, Sec. 5115(c), Aug. 23, 
1988, 102 Stat. 1433.)


                               Amendments

    1988--Pub. L. 100-418 substituted ``National Institute of Standards 
and Technology'' for ``National Bureau of Standards'' in two places.

                          Transfer of Functions

    ``Secretary'', meaning Secretary of Energy, substituted in text for 
``Administrator'', meaning Administrator of Energy Research and 
Development Administration, pursuant to sections 301(a), 703, and 707 of 
Pub. L. 95-91, which are classified to sections 7151(a), 7293, and 7297 
of this title and which terminated Energy Research and Development 
Administration and transferred its functions and functions of 
Administrator thereof (with certain exceptions) to Secretary of Energy.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in title 15 section 278m.
