Sec. 804. Royalty payments to Federal employees update
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Section 14 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 ( 15 U.S.C. 3710c ) is amended— by striking inventions each place the term appears and inserting inventions and other intellectual property ; by striking invention each place the term appears and inserting invention or other intellectual property ; by striking inventors each place the term appears and inserting inventors or contributors ; in subsection (a)(1) after shall be inserting non-appropriated funds and shall be ; in subsection (a)(1)(A)(i) inserting at the end , or to the contributor or co-contributors if a certificate of copyright registration is issued to the United States ; in subsection (a)(1)(A)(ii) after inventor of inserting or contributor to ; in subsection (a)(3) by striking inventor each place the term appears and inserting inventor or contributor ; in subsection (a)(3) by striking $150,000 each place the term appears and inserting 500,000 ; at the end of subsection
(a)by inserting the following new paragraph: Any royalties or other payments received by a Federal agency from the licensing and assignment of works under agreements entered into by Federal laboratories under section 12 of this Act, and from the licensing of works by Federal laboratories under any provision of law shall be retained by the agency licensing or assigning the work on behalf of the United States Government and shall be disposed of after payment of any copyright registration cots. The head of the agency is authorized to dispose of such royalties or other payments through transfer by the agency to its bureaus or laboratories, with the majority share of the royalties or other payments from any copyright going to the bureau or laboratory where or for which the copyrighted work was made. The royalties or other payments so transferred to any bureau or laboratory may be used or obligated by that bureau or laboratory during the fiscal year in which they are received or during the 2 succeeding fiscal years— to reward contributors of copyrighted computer programs; to further information exchange among bureaus and laboratories of the agency or with another agency; for education and training of employees consistent with the missions and objectives of the agency, bureau, or laboratory; for payment of expenses incidental to the administration and licensing of intellectual property by the agency or laboratory with respect to copyrighted computer programs made at that bureau or laboratory, including the fees or other costs for the services of other agencies, persons, or organizations for intellectual property management and licensing services; or for scientific research and development consistent with the research and development missions and objectives of the bureau or laboratory. All royalties or other payments retained by the agency, bureau, or laboratory after payments have been made pursuant to subparagraph
(A)that is unobligated and unexpended at the end of the second fiscal year succeeding the fiscal year in which the royalties and other payments were received shall be paid into the Treasury. As used in the section, the term contributor means a laboratory employee who is a creator of an original expression in a copyrighted computer program. ; and in subsection (a)(1)(B)— by striking ; or at the end of clause
(iv)and inserting a semicolon; by striking the period at the end of clause
(v)and inserting ; or ; and by inserting at the end the following: for the acquisition, administration and licensing of intellectual property. .
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