Notes on national institute of standards and technology : US Code - Notes

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271. Findings and purposes.
272. Establishment, functions, and activities.
(a) Establishment of National Institute of
Standards and Technology.
(b) Functions of Secretary and Institute.
(c) Implementation activities.
(d) Management costs.
272a. Technology services.
272b. Annual budget submission.
273. Functions; for whom exercised.
274. Director; powers and duties; report; compensation.
275. Appointment of officers and employees.
275a. Service charges.
275b. Charges for activities performed for other agencies.
275c. Cost recovery authority.
276. Ownership of facilities.
277. Regulations.
278. Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology.
(a) Establishment; appointment; membership and
composition; review and recommendations.
(b) Qualifications; recommendations for
appointment.
(c) Terms of office; eligibility.
(d) Meetings; quorum; notice.
(e) Appointment by Committee of executive and other
committees.
(f) Chairman; Vice Chairman.
(g) Professional and clerical staff.
(h) Annual and other reports to Secretary and
Congress.
278a. Repealed.
278b. Working Capital Fund.
(a) Utilization.
(b) Availability of Fund.
(c) Reimbursements.
(d) Credits.
(e) "Cost" defined.
(f) Distribution of earnings; restoration of prior
impairment.
278c. Acquisition of land for field sites.
278d. Construction and improvement of buildings and
facilities.
278e. Functions and activities.
278f. Fire Research Center.
(a) Establishment; programs of research; functions
of Secretary; dissemination of information.
(b) Authorization of appropriations.
278g. International activities.
(a) Financial assistance to foreign nationals.
(b) Foreign assistance and compensation to
Institute employees.
(c) Prohibition on use of appropriations
inapplicable.
(d) Recruitment and employment of resident aliens.
278g-1. Research fellowships and other financial assistance to
students at institutes of higher education.
278g-2. Post-doctoral fellowship program.
278g-2a. Teacher science and technology enhancement Institute
program.
(a) Establishment.
(b) Areas of focus.
(c) Procedures and selection criteria.
(d) Scheduling.
(e) Means of accomplishing goals.
278g-3. Computer standards program.
(a) In general.
(b) Minimum requirements for standards and
guidelines.
(c) Development of standards and guidelines.
(d) Information security functions.
(e) Definitions.
278g-4. Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board.
(a) Establishment and composition.
(b) Duties.
(c) Term of office.
(d) Quorum.
(e) Allowance for travel expenses.
(f) Meetings.
(g) Staff services and utilization of Federal
personnel.
(h) Definitions.
278g-5. Enterprise integration initiative.
(a) Establishment.
(b) Assessment.
(c) Reports.
(d) Authorized activities.
(e) Manufacturing Extension Program.
278h. Research program on security of computer systems.
(a) Establishment.
(b) Fellowships.
(c) Awards; applications.
(d) Program operation.
(e) Review of program.
(f) Definitions.
278i. Reports to Congress.
278j. Studies by National Research Council.
278k. Regional Centers for the Transfer of Manufacturing
Technology.
(a) Creation and support of Centers; affiliations;
merit review in determining awards;
objectives.
(b) Activities of Centers.
(c) Duration and amount of support; program
descriptions; applications; merit review;
evaluations of assistance; applicability of
patent law.
(d) Acceptance of funds from other Federal
departments and agencies.
278l. Assistance to State technology programs.
278m. Non-energy inventions program.
278n. Advanced Technology Program.
(a) Establishment; purpose; focus; guidance.
(b) Authority of Secretary; research and
development; contracts and cooperative
agreements; Federal laboratories; other
activities with joint ventures.
(c) Authority of Secretary; selection criteria;
monitoring use of technologies; overseas
transfer; annual report to Congress; financial
reporting and auditing; routine consideration
of Committee advice; dissemination of research
results.
(d) Contracts or awards; criteria; restrictions.
(e) Suspension for failure to satisfy eligibility
criteria.
(f) Coordination with other Federal technology
programs.
(g) Meetings with industry sources.
(h) Standards development.
(i) Acceptance of funds from other Federal
departments and agencies.
(j) Definitions.
278o. User fees.
278p. Notice to Congress.
(a) Notice of reprogramming.
(b) Notice of reorganization.
278q. Appropriations; availability.
279. Absence of Director.
280, 281. Repealed.
281a. Structural failures.
282. Repealed.
282a. Assessment of emerging technologies requiring research
in metrology.
283 to 286. Repealed or Omitted.