MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS TO THE STEVENSON-WYDLER ACT.

SEC. 5162. MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS TO THE STEVENSON-WYDLER ACT. (a) Invention Management Services.—The first sentence of section 14(a)(4) of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980, as so redesignated by section 5122(a)(1) of this part (15 U.S.C. 3710c) is amended by striking out “shall” and inserting in lieu thereof “may”, and by striking out “such invention performed at the request of the other agency or laboratory” and inserting in lieu thereof “any invention of the other agency’. (b) Federal Laboratory Consortium.—Section 11(e)(7)(A) of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980, as so redesignated by section 5122(a)(1) of this part (15 U.S.C. 3710) is amended by striking out “0.005 percent of that portion of the research and development budget of each Federal agency that is to be utilized by” and inserting in lieu thereof “0.008 percent of the budget of each Federal agency from any Federal source, including related over-head, that is to be utilized by or on behalf of”.