Sec. 202. SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL COLLABORATION
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## SEC. 202 SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL COLLABORATION ###
(a)Definition of Scientific and Technical Workshop In this section, the term “**scientific and technical workshop**” means a symposium, seminar, or any other organized, formal gathering where scientists or engineers working in STEM research and development fields assemble to coordinate, exchange and disseminate information or to explore or clarify a defined subject, problem or area of knowledge in the STEM fields. ###
(b)Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that— ####
(1)the United States should encourage broad dissemination of Federal research findings and engagement of Federal researchers with the scientific and technical community; and ####
(2)laboratory, test center, and field center directors and other similar heads of offices should approve scientific and technical workshop attendance if— #####
(A)that attendance would meet the mission of the laboratory or test center; and #####
(B)sufficient laboratory or test center funds are available for that purpose. ###
(c)Attendance Policies Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the heads of the Federal science agencies shall each develop an action plan for the implementation of revisions and updates to their policies on attendance at scientific and technical workshops. ###
(d)NIST Workshops Section 2(c) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 272(c)), as amended by section 104 of this Act, is further amended— ####
(1)by redesignating paragraphs
(19)through
(24)as paragraphs
(22)through (27), respectively; and ####
(2)by inserting after paragraph
(18)the following: > > #### “(19) > > host, participate in, and support scientific and technical workshops (as defined in section 202 of the American Innovation and Competitiveness Act); > > > #### “(20) > > collect and retain any fees charged by the Secretary for hosting a scientific and technical workshop described in paragraph (19); > > > #### “(21) > > notwithstanding title 31 of the United States Code, use the fees described in paragraph
(20)to pay for any related expenses, including subsistence expenses for participants;” > .
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