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Code · BILL · 113th Congress · H.R. 4159 (Introduced in House) — To provide for investment in innovation through research and development and STEM education, to improve the competiti... · Sec. 103

Sec. 103. Amendments to prize competitions

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Section 24 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 ( 15 U.S.C. 3719 ) is amended— in subsection (c)— by inserting competition after section, a prize ; by inserting types after following ; and in paragraph (4), by striking prizes and inserting prize competitions ; in subsection (f)— by striking in the Federal Register and inserting on a publicly accessible Government website, such as www.challenge.gov, ; and in paragraph (4), by striking prize and inserting cash prize purse ; in subsection (g), by striking prize and inserting cash prize purse ; in subsection (h), by inserting prize before competition both places it appears; in subsection (i)— in paragraph (1)(B), by inserting prize before competition ; in paragraph (2)(A), by inserting prize before competition both places it appears; by redesignating paragraph
(3)as paragraph (4); and by inserting after paragraph
(2)the following new paragraph: An agency may waive the requirement under paragraph (2). The annual report under subsection
(p)shall include a list of such waivers granted during the preceding fiscal year, along with an explanation of the reasons for granting the waivers. ; in subsection
(j)by amending paragraph
(2)to read as follows: The Federal Government may negotiate a license for the use of intellectual property developed by a participant for a prize competition. A Federal agency or agencies in cooperation may require participants to agree in advance to a specific approach to intellectual property as a condition for eligibility to participate in a prize competition. ; in subsection (k)— in paragraph (2)(A), by inserting prize before competition ; and in paragraph (3), by inserting prize before competitions both places it appears; in subsection (l), by striking all after may enter into and inserting a grant, contract, cooperative agreement, or other agreement with a private sector for-profit or nonprofit entity to administer the prize competition, subject to the provisions of this section. ; in subsection (m)— by amending paragraph
(1)to read as follows: Support for a prize competition under this section, including financial support for the design and administration of a prize competition or funds for a cash prize purse, may consist of Federal appropriated funds and funds provided by private sector for-profit and nonprofit entities. The head of an agency may accept funds from other Federal agencies, private sector for-profit entities, and nonprofit entities to support such prize competitions. The head of an agency may not give any special consideration to any private sector for-profit or nonprofit entity in return for a donation. ; in paragraph (2), by striking prize awards and inserting cash prize purses ; in paragraph (3)(A)— by striking No prize and inserting No prize competition ; and by striking the prize and inserting the cash prize purse ; in paragraph (3)(B), by striking a prize and inserting a cash prize purse ; in paragraph (3)(B)(i), by inserting competition after prize ; in paragraph (4)(A), by striking a prize and inserting a cash prize purse ; and in paragraph (4)(B), by striking cash prizes and inserting cash prize purses ; in subsection (n), by inserting for both for-profit and nonprofit entities, after contract vehicle ; in subsection (o)(1), by striking or providing a prize and insert a prize competition or providing a cash prize purse ; and in subsection (p)— in the heading, by striking and inserting Annual Report ; Biennial Report in paragraph (1), by striking of each year and inserting of each odd-numbered year ; and in paragraph (2)(C), by striking cash prizes both places it occurs and inserting cash prize purses .
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