{"identifier":"/us/usc/t15/s3702","title":15,"num":"\u00a7\u202f3702.","heading":"Purpose","text":"\u00a7\u202f3702.\nPurpose\nIt is the purpose of this chapter to improve the economic, environmental, and social well-being of the United States by\u2014\n(1) establishing organizations in the executive branch to study and stimulate technology;\n(2) promoting technology development through the establishment of cooperative research centers;\n(3) stimulating improved utilization of federally funded technology developments, including inventions, software, and training technologies, by State and local governments and the private sector;\n(4) providing encouragement for the development of technology through the recognition of individuals and companies which have made outstanding contributions in technology; and\n(5) encouraging the exchange of scientific and technical personnel among academia, industry, and Federal laboratories.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t15/s3702.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t15/s3702","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f3702."},{"t":"heading","text":"Purpose","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"It is the purpose of this chapter to improve the economic, environmental, and social well-being of the United States by\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t15/s3702/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" establishing organizations in the executive branch to study and stimulate technology;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t15/s3702/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" promoting technology development through the establishment of cooperative research centers;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t15/s3702/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" stimulating improved utilization of federally funded technology developments, including inventions, software, and training technologies, by State and local governments and the private sector;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t15/s3702/4","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(4)"},{"t":"content","text":" providing encouragement for the development of technology through the recognition of individuals and companies which have made outstanding contributions in technology; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t15/s3702/5","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(5)"},{"t":"content","text":" encouraging the exchange of scientific and technical personnel among academia, industry, and Federal laboratories.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}