EXPANDING COOPERATIVE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS TO PARTNERSHIPS WITH UNITED STATES TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENTS.

SEC. 1705. EXPANDING COOPERATIVE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS TO PARTNERSHIPS WITH UNITED STATES TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENTS. Section 12 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3710a) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking “State or local government” and inserting “State, local, or territorial government”; and (2) by adding at the end the following: “(h) Territorial Governments.—For the purposes of this section, the government of a territory of the United States shall be considered a non-Federal party.” .