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and economic implications of supply shortages and disruptions; 

 continuing private sector consultation in Federal materials pro- 

 grams; and interagency coordination at the level of the Presi- 

 dent's Cabinet. 



October 21, 1980: Public Law 96-480, the Stevenson-Wydler Tech- 

 nology Innovation Act of 1980 was enacted to promote technologi- 

 cal innovation for the achievement of national economic, envi- 

 ronmental, and social goals. The legislation established an Office 

 of Industrial Technology in the Department of Commerce. 

 Among other things, the office was to provide financial assist- 

 ance to universities or other nonprofit institutions to set up cen- 

 ters for industrial technology. The Act also mandates technology 

 transfer from Federal labs to State and local governments and 

 the private sector, creating several mechanisms to accomplish 

 this. The Act also set up a National Industrial Technology Board 

 to review the activities of the office and provide advice to the 

 Secretary of Commerce. 



December 12, 1980: Public Law 96-517, the Patent and Trademark 

 Amendments of 1980, established a comprehensive and uniform 

 policy for the ownership and licensing of inventions resulting 

 from federally funded research and development as it relates to 

 the ownership of such inventions by small businesses and non- 

 profit institutions, including universities and colleges, with only 

 limited exemption, in order to promote the use of such inven- 

 tions. 



February 19, 1981: The director of the National Science Foundation 

 established a separate engineering directorate within the founda- 

 tion. The engineering and applied science directorate was abol- 

 ished, with the applied sciences programs being distributed 

 throughout the various NSF program areas. 



May 6, 1981: Richard D. DeLauer, was confirmed as Under Secre- 

 tary for Research and Engineering within the Department of De- 

 fense. Mr. DeLauer was instrumental in the establishment of the 

 DOD-University Forum. One of the forums primary goals is to 

 foster closer relations between the defense community and the 

 Nation's university research and educational environment. 



May 15, 1981: S. 1194 and S. 1200 were introduced by the Senate 

 Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, and the 

 Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources respectively 

 to authorize appropriations for the National Science Foundation 

 (NSF). This marked the beginning of a dispute within the Senate 

 over which committee has jurisdiction to report authorization 

 bills for NSF. This dispute prevented the passage of an authori- 

 zation bill, in the Senate for NSF, in both the 97th and 98th Con- 

 gress. 



June 23, 1981: The House Committee on Agriculture, Subcommit- 

 tee on Department Operations, Research and Foreign Agricul- 

 ture held a hearing on the National Science Council Act of 1980. 

 The Act would have established the National Science Council to 

 address questions of scientific fact which arise in agency adjudi- 

 cation involving restricted use of certain substances, primarily 

 used in food production, processing or marketing. The subcom- 

 mittee's hearing examined the proposal to establish the concept 



