10 U.S.C. § 2371a : US Code - Section 2371A: Cooperative research and development agreements under Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980

Search 10 U.S.C. § 2371a : US Code - Section 2371A: Cooperative research and development agreements under Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980

The Secretary of Defense, in carrying out research projects
through the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, and the
Secretary of each military department, in carrying out research
projects, may permit the director of any federally funded research
and development center to enter into cooperative research and
development agreements with any person, any agency or
instrumentality of the United States, any unit of State or local
government, and any other entity under the authority granted by
section 12 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of
1980 (15 U.S.C. 3710a). Technology may be transferred to a non-
Federal party to such an agreement consistent with the provisions
of sections 11 and 12 of such Act (15 U.S.C. 3710, 3710a).