Sec. 623. Enhancement of management of National Nanotechnology Initiative
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Section 2 of the 21st Century Nanotechnology Research and Development Act ( 15 U.S.C. 7501 ) is amended— in subsection (c)— by redesignating paragraphs
(3)through
(10)as paragraphs
(4)through (11), respectively; by inserting after paragraph
(2)the following: establish nanotechnology signature initiatives in focused areas of national importance (as described in subsection (d)); ; and by amending paragraph (5), as redesignated, to read as follows: develop, not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of the National Nanotechnology Initiative Amendments Act of 2014 , and update not less frequently than once every 4 years thereafter, a strategic plan to guide the Program activities described under subsection
(b)that— specifies— the overarching goals for the Program; near-term and long-term objectives for the Program; and the metrics to be used for assessing progress toward such objectives; describes how the Program will— allocate funding for interagency nanotechnology projects; encourage and support interdisciplinary research and development in nanotechnology; and support the engineering, scale-up, and commercialization of nanotechnology necessary to move results out of the laboratory and into applications for the benefit of society, including through cooperation and collaboration with nanotechnology research, development, and technology transition initiatives supported by the States; includes— recommendations for research and technology development that could be met through joint industry and government partnership; and plans of participating agencies for categorizing and tracking investments in nanotechnology; and addresses recommendations of the Advisory Panel and the National Academy of Sciences concerning the Program; ; by redesignating subsection
(d)as subsection (e); by inserting after subsection
(c)the following: The Council shall establish multiagency teams to carry out the nanotechnology signature initiatives established under subsection (c)(3). Each team established under paragraph
(1)shall encourage joint agency solicitations and the establishment of collaborative nanotechnology research and development, user facilities, and education networks. ; in subsection (e), as redesignated by subparagraph (B)— in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the House of Representatives Committee on Science and inserting ; Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives by redesignating paragraphs
(3)through
(5)as paragraphs
(4)through (6), respectively; by inserting after paragraph
(2)the following: the Program budget for the current fiscal year and the proposed Program budget for the next fiscal year for each nanotechnology signature initiative, including a description of each initiative's research goals, strategic plan, expected outcomes for the next fiscal year, and accomplishments; ; and in paragraph (6), as redesignated, by striking the plan described in subsection (c)(7), and inserting the plan described in subsection (c)(8), ; and by adding at the end the following: The Program shall also be known as the National Nanotechnology Initiative . . Section 3 of the 21st Century Nanotechnology Research and Development Act ( 15 U.S.C. 7502 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: The Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy shall appoint the Director of the National Nanotechnology Coordination Office as a cochair of the Subcommittee on Nanoscale Science, Engineering, and Technology of the Council. . Section 10 of the 21st Century Nanotechnology Research and Development Act ( 15 U.S.C. 7509 ) is amended— by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), and
(6)as paragraphs (2), (4), (6), (3), (1), and (7), respectively; and by inserting after paragraph (4), as redesignated, the following: The term nanotechnology signature initiative means a Program initiative established under section 2(c)(3). . It is the sense of Congress that the National Science and Technology Council should— regularly assess the working groups of the National Science and Technology Council to ensure that each working group is serving a useful management and coordination role related to the goals and objectives of the strategic plan of the National Nanotechnology Initiative required under section 2(c)(5) of the 21st Century Nanotechnology Research and Development Act (15 U.S.C. 7501(c)(5)), as amended by subsection (a)(1)(C); redefine or eliminate working groups that are no longer useful and form new working groups as needed; consider creating new working groups in the areas of user facility oversight and coordination and education and workforce development; and consider expanding the charters of the Nanomanufacturing, Industry Liaison and Innovation Working Group and the Nanotechnology Environment and Health Implications Working Group to enable the groups to address more broadly cross-agency nanotechnology-related areas, such as informatics, modeling and simulation, regulatory science, and instrument development.
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