grants for administrative expenses of local development districts and for research and demonstration projects

grants for administrative expenses of local development districts and for research and demonstration projects Sec. 302. (a) The Secretary of Commerce is authorized— (1) either directly or through arrangements with the Commission, to make grants for administrative expenses to local development districts. The amount of any such grant shall not exceed 75 per centum of such expenses in any one fiscal year. No grants for administrative expenses shall be made to a local development district for a period in excess of three years beginning on the date the initial grant is made to such development district. The local contributions for administrative expenses may be in cash or in kind, fairly evaluated, including but not limited to space, equipment, and services; and (2) either directly or through arrangements with appropriate public or private organizations (including the Commission), to79 Stat. 20 provide funds for investigation, research, studies, and demonstration projects, but not for construction purposes, which will further the purposes of this Act. (b) Recipients of Federal assistance under the provisions of this section shall, in accordance with regulations to be promulgated by the Secretary of Commerce, maintain accurate and complete records of transactions and activities financed with Federal funds and report thereon to the Secretary of Commerce. The records of the recipient shall be available for audit with respect to such grants by the Secretary of Commerce and the Comptroller General, or their duly authorized representatives. (c) Not to exceed $5,500,000 of the funds authorized in section 401 of this Act shall be available to carry out this section. (d) No part of any appropriated funds may be expended pursuant to authorization given by this Act involving any scientific or technological research or development activity unless such expenditure is conditioned upon provisions effective to insure that all information, copyrights, uses, processes, patents, and other developments resulting from that activity will be made freely available to the general public. Nothing contained in this subsection shall deprive the owner of any background patent relating to any such activity, without his consent, of any right which that, owner may have under that patent. Whenever any information, copyright, use, process, patent or development resulting from any such research or development activity conducted in whole or in part with appropriated funds expended under authorization of this Act is withheld or disposed of by any person, organization, or agency in contravention of the provisions of this subsection, the Attorney’s General shall institute, upon Ids own motion or upon request made by any person having knowledge of pertinent facts, an action for the enforcement of the provisions of this subsection in the district court of the United States for any judicial district in which any defendant resides, is found, or has a place of business. Such court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine such action, and to enter therein such orders and decrees as it shall determine to be required to carry into effect fully the provisions of this subsection. Process of the district court for any judicial district in any action instituted under this subsection may be served hi any other judicial district of the United States by the United States marshal thereof. Whenever it appears to the court in which any such action is pending that other parties should be brought before the court in such action, the court may cause such other parties to be summoned from any judicial district of the United States.