S 2374 · 94th Congress · Science, Technology, Communications
Technology Transfer Act
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EnactedLatest: Referred to Senate Committee on Government Operations.(1975-09-18)
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Technology Transfer Act - Declares it to be the finding of Congress that a substantial portion of the new technology resulting from Defense Department research and development funds should be made available to other departments and agencies of the Federal Government, to State and local governments, and to private industries. Establishes the Agency for Technology Transfer within the Department of Defense. States that the Agency shall be headed by a Director for Technolgoy Transfer. Directs the establishment of a Processing Office within the Agency. Sets as the function of this Office the gathering of technological information on the current and discontinued Defense Department programs and the publishing, at least twice yearly, of reports of such information as is unclassified. States that a further responsibility of the Office shall be the determination of possible secondary applications of unclassified information. Authorizes the Office to obtain such research as will be necessary to determine what the secondary applications might be. Directs the Office to determine possible markets for such information. Requires the Director to establish six regional dissemination centers througho…
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