15 U.S.C. § 3701 : US Code - Section 3701: Findings

Search 15 U.S.C. § 3701 : US Code - Section 3701: Findings

The Congress finds and declares that:
(1) Technology and industrial innovation are central to the
economic, environmental, and social well-being of citizens of the
United States.
(2) Technology and industrial innovation offer an improved
standard of living, increased public and private sector
productivity, creation of new industries and employment
opportunities, improved public services and enhanced
competitiveness of United States products in world markets.
(3) Many new discoveries and advances in science occur in
universities and Federal laboratories, while the application of
this new knowledge to commercial and useful public purposes
depends largely upon actions by business and labor. Cooperation
among academia, Federal laboratories, labor, and industry, in
such forms as technology transfer, personnel exchange, joint
research projects, and others, should be renewed, expanded, and
strengthened.
(4) Small businesses have performed an important role in
advancing industrial and technological innovation.
(5) Industrial and technological innovation in the United
States may be lagging when compared to historical patterns and
other industrialized nations.
(6) Increased industrial and technological innovation would
reduce trade deficits, stabilize the dollar, increase
productivity gains, increase employment, and stabilize prices.
(7) Government antitrust, economic, trade, patent, procurement,
regulatory, research and development, and tax policies have
significant impacts upon industrial innovation and development of
technology, but there is insufficient knowledge of their effects
in particular sectors of the economy.
(8) No comprehensive national policy exists to enhance
technological innovation for commercial and public purposes.
There is a need for such a policy, including a strong national
policy supporting domestic technology transfer and utilization of
the science and technology resources of the Federal Government.
(9) It is in the national interest to promote the adaptation of
technological innovations to State and local government uses.
Technological innovations can improve services, reduce their
costs, and increase productivity in State and local governments.
(10) The Federal laboratories and other performers of federally
funded research and development frequently provide scientific and
technological developments of potential use to State and local
governments and private industry. These developments, which
include inventions, computer software, and training technologies,
should be made accessible to those governments and industry.
There is a need to provide means of access and to give adequate
personnel and funding support to these means.
(11) The Nation should give fuller recognition to individuals
and companies which have made outstanding contributions to the
promotion of technology or technological manpower for the
improvement of the economic, environmental, or social well-being
of the United States.