United States Code Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

§ 18612. Restoration of laboratory directed research and development program

§ 18612.

Restoration of laboratory directed research and development program

(a)

In general

Except as provided in subsection (b), the Secretary shall ensure that laboratory operating contractors do not allocate costs of general and administrative overhead to laboratory directed research and development.

(b)

Exception for national security laboratories

This section shall not apply to the national security laboratories with respect to which section 3119 11  See References in Text note below. See References in Text note below. of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328) applies.