- agency
means a Federal agency.
- appropriate committees of Congress
means—
- Centers
means the Cooperative Research Centers established under section 3705 or 3707 of this title.
- citizen science
means a form of open collaboration in which individuals or organizations participate voluntarily in the scientific process in various ways, including—
- Clearinghouse
means the Clearinghouse for State and Local Initiatives on Productivity, Technology, and Innovation established by section 3704a of this title.
- community development financial institution
has the meaning given in section 4702 of title 12.
- cooperative extension services
has the meaning given the term in section 3103 of title 7.
- cooperative research and development agreement
means any agreement between one or more Federal laboratories and one or more non-Federal parties under which the Government, through its laboratories, provides personnel, services, facilities, equipment, intellectual property, or other resources with or without reimbursement (but not funds to non-Federal parties) and the non-Federal parties provide funds, personnel, services, facilities, equipment, intellectual property, or other resources toward the conduct of specified research or development efforts which are consistent with the missions of the laboratory;
- cost
has the meaning given such term under section 661a of title 2.
- crowdsourcing
means a method to obtain needed services, ideas, or content by soliciting voluntary contributions from a group of individuals or organizations, especially from an online community.
- digital and wireless networking technology
means computer and communications equipment and software that facilitates the transmission of information in a digital format.
- Director
means the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy.
- eligible area
means either of the following:
- eligible institution
means an institution that is—
- eligible recipient
means a specified entity that has been authorized in a manner as determined by the Secretary to represent and act on behalf of an eligible area for the purposes of this section.
- Federal agency
has the meaning given under section 3703 of this title, except that term shall not include any agency of the legislative branch of the Federal Government.
- Federal laboratory
means any laboratory, any federally funded research and development center, or any center established under section 3705 or 3707 of this title that is owned, leased, or otherwise used by a Federal agency and funded by the Federal Government, whether operated by the Government or by a contractor.
- head of an agency
means the head of a Federal agency.
- innovative process
means a process that is significantly improved as compared to the process in general use in the commercial marketplace in the United States at the time the loan guarantee is issued.
- innovative technology
means a technology that is significantly improved as compared to the technology in general use in the commercial marketplace in the United States at the time the loan guarantee is issued.
- institution of higher education
has the meaning given the term in section 1001 of title 20.
- Invention
means any invention or discovery which is or may be patentable or otherwise protected under title 35 or any novel variety of plant which is or may be protectable under the Plant Variety Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 2321 et seq.).
- joint work statement
means a proposal prepared for a Federal agency by the director of a Government-owned, contractor-operated laboratory describing the purpose and scope of a proposed cooperative research and development agreement, and assigning rights and responsibilities among the agency, the laboratory, and any other party or parties to the proposed agreement;
- laboratory
means— but such term does not include any facility covered by Executive Order No. 12344, dated February 1, 1982, pertaining to the naval nuclear propulsion program;
- loan guarantee
has the meaning given such term in section 661a of title 2.
- local community
means the area served by a general-purpose unit of local government that is located within, but does not cover the entire area of, a local labor market that does not meet the criteria described in paragraph (1)(A).
- local educational agency
has the meaning given the term in section 7801 of title 20.
- local labor market
means any of the following areas that contains 1 or more specified entities described in subparagraphs (A) through (D) of paragraph (6) 1:
- low population State
means a State without an urbanized area with a population greater than 250,000 as reported in the decennial census.
- minority business
includes HUBZone small business concerns (as defined in section 632(p) 1 of this title).
- minority depository institution
means an entity that is—
- minority individual
means an American Indian, Alaskan Native, Black (not of Hispanic origin), Hispanic (including persons of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, and Central or South American origin), or Pacific Islander individual.
- net revenues
means the excess of revenues and receipts from any source, other than royalties and other income described in section 13(a)(4) 2 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3710c(a)(4)), over operating expenses.
- Nonprofit institution
means an organization owned and operated exclusively for scientific or educational purposes, no part of the net earnings of which inures to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual.
- obligation
means the loan or other debt obligation that is guaranteed under this section.
- participant
means any individual or other entity that has volunteered in a crowdsourcing or citizen science project under this section.
- partnership intermediary
means an agency of a State or local government, or a nonprofit entity owned in whole or in part by, chartered by, funded in whole or in part by, or operated in whole or in part by or on behalf of a State or local government, that assists, counsels, advises, evaluates, or otherwise cooperates with small business firms, institutions of higher education as defined in section 1141(a) 1 of title 20, or educational institutions within the meaning of section 2194 of title 10, that need or can make demonstrably productive use of technology-related assistance from a Federal laboratory, including State programs receiving funds under cooperative agreements entered into under section 5121(b) of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 278l note).
- prime-age employment gap
means the difference (expressed as a percentage) between—
- program
means the loan guarantee program established in subsection (a).
- recompete plan
means a comprehensive multiyear economic development plan that—
- regional innovation initiative
means a geographically-bounded public or nonprofit activity or program to address issues in the local innovation systems in order to—
- related entity
means a contractor or subcontractor at any tier, and a supplier, user, customer, cooperating party, grantee, investigator, or detailee.
- Secretary
means the Secretary of Commerce.
- site connectivity infrastructure
means localized driveways and access roads to a facility as well as hookups to the new facility for drinking water, waste water, broadband, and other basic infrastructure services already present in the area.
- small and rural community
means a noncore area, a micropolitan area, or a small metropolitan statistical area with a population of not more than 250,000.
- Small business firm
means a small business concern as defined in section 632 of this title and implementing regulations of the Administrator of the Small Business Administration.
- specified entity
means—
- State
means one of the several States of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, or any other territory or possession of the United States.
- State educational agency
has the meaning given the term in section 7801 of title 20.
- Supporting agency
means either the Department of Commerce or the National Science Foundation, as appropriate.
- Training technology
means computer software and related materials which are developed by a Federal agency to train employees of such agency, including but not limited to software for computer-based instructional systems and for interactive video disc systems.
- Tribal land
means any land—
- venture development organization
has the meaning given such term in section 3722(a) of this title.1
- weapon production facility of the Department of Energy
means a facility under the control or jurisdiction of the Secretary of Energy that is operated for national security purposes and is engaged in the production, maintenance, testing, or dismantlement of a nuclear weapon or its components.