Sec. 6023. Prize competitions
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Section 502(b)(7) of title 23, United States Code, is amended— in subparagraph (D)— by inserting (such as www.challenge.gov) after public website ; by redesignating clauses
(iii)and
(iv)as clauses
(iv)and (v), respectively; by inserting after clause
(ii)the following: the process for participants to register for the competition; ; and in clause
(iv)(as redesignated by subparagraph (B)) by striking prize and inserting cash prize purse ; in subparagraph
(E)by striking prize both places it appears and inserting cash prize purse ; by redesignating subparagraphs
(F)through
(K)as subparagraphs
(G)through (L), respectively; by inserting after subparagraph
(E)the following: An individual or entity is not ineligible to receive a cash prize purse under this paragraph as a result of the individual or entity using a Federal facility or consulting with a Federal employee related to the individual or entity's participation in a prize competition under this paragraph unless the same facility or employee is made available to all individuals and entities participating in the prize competition on an equitable basis. ; in subparagraph
(G)(as redesignated by paragraph
(3)of this section)— in clause (i)(I) by striking competition and inserting prize competition under this paragraph ; in clause (ii)(I)— by striking participation in a competition and inserting participation in a prize competition under this paragraph ; and by striking competition activities and inserting prize competition activities ; and by adding at the end the following: The Secretary may not require a participant to waive claims against the Department arising out of the unauthorized use or disclosure by the Department of the intellectual property, trade secrets, or confidential business information of the participant. The Federal Government may not gain an interest in intellectual property developed by a participant for a prize competition under this paragraph without the written consent of the participant. The Federal Government may negotiate a license for the use of intellectual property developed by a participant for a prize competition under this paragraph. ; in subparagraph (H)(i) (as redesignated by paragraph
(3)of this section) by striking subparagraph
(H)and inserting subparagraph
(I); in subparagraph
(I)(as redesignated by paragraph
(3)of this section) by striking an agreement with a private, nonprofit entity and inserting a grant, contract, cooperative agreement, or other agreement with a private sector for-profit or nonprofit entity ; in subparagraph
(J)(as redesignated by paragraph
(3)of this section)— in clause (i)— in subclause
(I)by striking the private sector and inserting private sector for-profit and nonprofit entities, to be available to the extent provided by appropriations Acts ; in subclause
(II)by striking and metropolitan planning organizations and inserting metropolitan planning organizations, and private sector for-profit and nonprofit entities ; and in subclause
(III)by inserting for-profit or nonprofit after private sector ; in clause
(ii)by striking prize awards and inserting cash prize purses ; in clause (iv)— by inserting competition after A prize ; and by striking the prize and inserting the cash prize purse ; in clause (v)— by striking amount of a prize and inserting amount of a cash prize purse ; by inserting competition after announcement of the prize ; and in subclause
(I)by inserting competition after prize ; in clause
(vi)by striking offer a prize and inserting offer a cash prize purse ; and in clause
(vii)by striking cash prizes and inserting cash prize purses ; in subparagraph
(K)(as redesignated by paragraph
(3)of this section) by striking or providing a prize and inserting a prize competition or providing a cash prize purse ; and in subparagraph (L)(ii) (as redesignated by paragraph
(3)of this section)— in subclause
(I)by striking The Secretary and inserting Not later than March 1 of each year, the Secretary ; and in subclause (II)— in item
(cc)by striking cash prizes both places it appears and inserting cash prize purses ; and in item
(ee)by striking agency and inserting Department .