15 U.S.C. § 4627
Cost-sharing agreements
United States · Title 15 — COMMERCE AND TRADE · Status: effective
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- 15 U.S.C. § 4627, Cost-sharing agreements, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/441969
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The director of each national laboratory of the Department of Energy that is participating in the Initiative or the contractor operating any such national laboratory, in carrying out programs under a contract with the Department of Energy, may include in any research and development agreement entered into with a domestic firm in connection with such Initiative a cooperative provision for the domestic firm to pay a portion of the cost of the research and development activities.
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally