{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42/s13505","title":42,"num":"\u00a7\u202f13505.","heading":"Integration of research and development","text":"\u00a7\u202f13505.\nIntegration of research and development\nWithin 180 days after\n(1) an evaluation of current procedures and mechanisms used to achieve such integration;\n(2) an assessment of the role that the Department of Energy national laboratories play in such integration;\n(3) an identification and evaluation of models that could enhance such integration;\n(4) an identification and evaluation of new programs, mechanisms, and related policy options that could improve the integrating process, including\u2014\n(A) set aside funding for matching or leveraging basic and applied programs;\n(B) more formal linkages; and\n(C) program coordination;\n(5) recommendations for expanded research and development and new technology areas; and\n(6) budget estimates for activities under this section.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t42/s13505.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t42/s13505","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f13505."},{"t":"heading","text":"Integration of research and development","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"Within 180 days after ","children":[{"t":"text","text":"October 24, 1992","tail":", the Secretary, in consultation with appropriate representatives of industry, institutions of higher education, Department of Energy national laboratories, and professional and technical societies, shall prepare and submit to Congress a 5-year program plan for improving the integration of basic energy research programs with other energy programs within the Department of Energy. Such program plan shall include\u2014"}]},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s13505/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" an evaluation of current procedures and mechanisms used to achieve such integration;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s13505/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" an assessment of the role that the Department of Energy national laboratories play in such integration;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s13505/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" an identification and evaluation of models that could enhance such integration;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s13505/4","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(4)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" an identification and evaluation of new programs, mechanisms, and related policy options that could improve the integrating process, including\u2014"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t42/s13505/4/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"content","text":" set aside funding for matching or leveraging basic and applied programs;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t42/s13505/4/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" more formal linkages; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t42/s13505/4/C","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(C)"},{"t":"content","text":" program coordination;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s13505/5","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(5)"},{"t":"content","text":" recommendations for expanded research and development and new technology areas; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s13505/6","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(6)"},{"t":"content","text":" budget estimates for activities under this section.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}