42 U.S.C. § 13506 : US Code - Section 13506: Definitions

Search 42 U.S.C. § 13506 : US Code - Section 13506: Definitions

For purposes of this subchapter -
(1) the term "advanced manufacturing technology" means
processes, equipment, techniques, practices, and capabilities
that are applied for the purpose of -
(A) improving the productivity, quality, or energy efficiency
of the design, development, testing, or manufacture of a
product; or
(B) expanding the technical capability to design, develop,
test, or manufacture a product that is fundamentally different
in character from existing products and that will result in
improved energy efficiency;
(2) the term "advanced materials" means materials that are
processed, synthesized, fabricated, and manufactured to develop
high performance properties that exceed the corresponding
properties of conventional materials for structural, electronic,
magnetic, or photonic applications, or for joining, welding,
bonding, or packaging components into complex assemblies,
including -
(A) advanced monolithic materials such as metals, ceramics,
and polymers;
(B) advanced composite materials such as metal matrix
(including intermetallics), polymer matrix, ceramic matrix,
continuous fiber ceramic composite, and carbon matrix
composites; and
(C) advanced electronic, magnetic, and photonic materials,
including superconducting, semiconductor, electrooptic,
magnetooptic, thin-film, and special purpose coating materials
used in technologies for energy efficiency, renewable energy,
or electric power applications; and
(3) the term "United States" means the 50 States of the United
States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto
Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, the Northern
Mariana Islands, and any other territory or possession of the
United States.