TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY ACT AND OTHER TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.

SEC. 3013. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY ACT AND OTHER TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.(a) Research Fellowships.—Section 18 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278g–l) is amended by striking “up to 1 per centum of the” and inserting “up to 1.5 percent of the”.(b) Financial Agreements Clarification.—Section 2(b)(4) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 272(b)(4)) is amended by inserting “and grants and cooperative agreements,” after “arrangements,”.(c) Outdated Specifications.—(1) Redefinition of the metric system.—Section 3570 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (derived from section 2 of the Act of July 28, 1866, entitled “An Act to authorize the Use of the Metric System of Weights and Measures” (15 U.S.C. 205; 14 Stat. 339)) is amended to read as follows:“SEC. 3570. METRIC SYSTEM DEFINED. “The metric system of measurement shall be defined as the International System of Units as established in 1960, and subsequently maintained, by the General Conference of Weights and Measures, and as interpreted or modified for the United States by the Secretary of Commerce.” .(2) Repeal of redundant and obsolete authority.—The Act of July 21, 1950, entitled, “An Act To redefine the units and establish the standards of electrical and photometric measurements.” (15 U.S.C. 223 and 224) is hereby repealed.(3) Standard time.—Section 1 of the Act of March 19, 1918, (commonly known as the “Calder Act”) (15 U.S.C. 261) is amended—(A) by inserting “(a) In General.—” before “For the purpose”;(B) by striking the second sentence and the extra period after it and inserting “Except as provided in section 3(a) of the Uniform Time Act of 1966 (15 U.S.C. 260a), the 121 STAT. 599 standard time of the first zone shall be Coordinated Universal Time retarded by 4 hours; that of the second zone retarded by 5 hours; that of the third zone retarded by 6 hours; that of the fourth zone retarded by 7 hours; that of the fifth zone retarded 8 hours; that of the sixth zone retarded by 9 hours; that of the seventh zone retarded by 10 hours; that of the eighth zone retarded by 11 hours; and that of the ninth zone shall be Coordinated Universal Time advanced by 10 hours.”; and(C) by adding at the end the following:“(b) Coordinated Universal Time Defined.—In this section, the term ‘Coordinated Universal Time’ means the time scale maintained through the General Conference of Weights and Measures and interpreted or modified for the United States by the Secretary of Commerce in coordination with the Secretary of the Navy.”.(4) Idaho time zone.—Section 3 of the Act of March 19, 1918, (commonly known as the “Calder Act”) (15 U.S.C. 264) is amended by striking “third zone” and inserting “fourth zone”.(d) Non-Energy Inventions Program.—Section 27 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278m) is repealed.